Search Text In Files Alternatives

Search Text In Files is described as 'Easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Search Text In Files for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Search Text In Files alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Search Text In Files are Listary, FSearch, DocFetcher and Recoll.

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  1. VX Search icon

    VX Search

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    VX Search is an automated, rule-based file search solution allowing one to search files by the file type, category, file name, size, location, extension, regular expressions, text and binary patterns, creation, modification and last access dates, EXIF tags, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main interface
     
  2. Drill icon

    Drill

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    Search files without indexing, but clever crawling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. BareGrep icon

    BareGrep

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    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window
     
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  6. File Find icon

    File Find

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    A macOS file search utility that helps you find files easier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Everything.NET

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    Voidtools Everything frontend with beautiful dark mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Tracker icon

    Tracker

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    Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Search Bar - The search bar is an applet for GNOME which allows quick access to your data by entering a few search terms. This is the easiest way to find your data:.
     
  10. MasterSeeker icon

    MasterSeeker

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    MasterSeeker is software to search and find files in your pc lightning fast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Office Search icon

    Office Search

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    Search inside Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio), Libre Office, Rich Text Format and text/ASCII files (TXT/CSV/MD/source codes etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. SMF – Search my Files icon

    SMF – Search my Files

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    SMF is a file and file duplicate search tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. It has tons of search filter capabilities and a result reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Exselo Desktop icon

    Exselo Desktop

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    Outlook and desktop search to help you search and find information from your files, emails and documents on your computer. Now also with a secure p2p network so you can share information and collaborate with your friends and colleagues.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
    Card view result set.
     
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    Lemur Project

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    The Lemur Project develops search engines, browser toolbars, text analysis tools, and data resources that support research and development of information retrieval and text mining software. The project is best known for its Indri search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Lemur Project is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Search Text In Files.

    • Lemur Project is Free and Open SourceSearch Text In Files is Freemium and Proprietary
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