Alternatives to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids for all platforms with any license

Everything

"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially...

Free Windows
File Searching Data export/import File Searching Instant results ... Music Discovery Portable Support for regular expressions Add a feature

872 Like
Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.

Free Windows
Lightweight Customizable File Searching Portable ... Program Launchers Calculus solving Configurable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Plugins Web searching Add a feature

128 Like
Alfred

Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web.

Freemium Mac
Workflow Automation Program Launchers Program Launchers File Searching Add a feature

238 Like
CerebroApp

Cerebro is an open source and free electron-based productivity software alternative to Alfred and Spotlight. It is focused on speed and good UI and UX. In most cases you...
- Discontinued Latest release (0.3.2) was on December 2017.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Calculus solving Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multiplatform Export ... Theme changing Add a feature

37 Like
Albert

Omnilauncher for Linux to help you quickly find and run apps and do other useful things.

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers Customizable Lightweight QT Based Add a feature

36 Like
Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a fast and free Mac OS X productivity application that gives you the power to control your Mac quickly and elegantly. Quicksilver learns your habits...

Free Open Source Mac
Program Launchers Add a feature

116 Like
RecentX

RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your...

Commercial Windows
Program Launchers File Searching Bookmark History Clipboard monitoring ... Drag n drop Duplicate File Finder Windows Explorer integration File Tagging Folder-Search Folder Tagging Indexed search Local Search Portable Image Preview Tabbed interface Tag based Add a feature

95 Like
ueli

Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an...

Free Open Source Mac Windows
Program Launchers File Searching Portable Add a feature

14 Like
Hain

Hain is an ALT + SPACE launcher for Windows that looks and works similar to Alfred.

Free Open Source Windows
Program Launchers Electron based File Searching Add a feature

14 Like
Zazu

Zazu is a new open source productivity app, that allows developers to be in the drivers seat. Unlike other solutions, there is no built-in integrations, so every plugin...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Electron based Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Add a feature

13 Like
Krunner

Krunner is a multi-function command line menu for the KDE Plasma Desktop. At times, it almost seems as you could manage all your computing from Krunner. Among other...

Free Open Source Linux
Program Launchers File Searching Add a feature

7 Like
Copernic Desktop Search

Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic Desktop Search Home. Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) enables you to...

Free Personal Windows
File Searching Indexed search Outlook search Add a feature

29 Like
Spotlight

Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on...

Free Mac
Program Launchers Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File preview File Searching ... Indexed search Add a feature

10 Like
Flashlight

The missing plugin system for Spotlight. Flashlight is an app that supercharges OS X's built-in search. Check the weather, search the web, send an iMessage, find an...
- Discontinued Latest release (1.0.1) was on May 2015.
Free Open Source Mac
Program Launchers Add a feature

8 Like
CSearcher

CSearcher is a simple and fast free non-indexing search program. Searching computer files and folders is rather common for every PC user daily. Using standard Windows...

Free Windows
Duplicate File Finder Windows Explorer integration Export to CSV Export to HTML ... Export to XML File Searching Lightweight Non-Indexing search Portable Support for regular expressions Search History Add a feature

3 Like