SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids Alternatives

SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids is described as 'The Spotlight Search Metadata on your Mac is a truly remarkable thing. Given some text it is able to find all occurrences anywhere on the filesystem in the blink of an eye. At that this point your options are limited however' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids are Keypirinha, Alfred, DocFetcher and Raycast.

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The Spotlight Search Metadata on your Mac is a truly remarkable thing. Given some text it is able to find all occurrences anywhere on the filesystem in the blink of an eye. At that this point your options are limited however.

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SearchLight - SpotLight on steroids alternatives page was last updated Apr 21, 2023
  1. Yal icon
     6 likes

    Access your files, programs, browser bookmarks, search engines and windows with a few key presses.

    59 Yal alternatives
    Yal screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Yal Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Launcher
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  2. Advanced Recent Access icon
     1 like

    Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

    261 Advanced Recent Access alternatives
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    • Windows
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  3. LaunchPanel icon
     2 likes

    LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.

    78 LaunchPanel alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    LaunchPanel Features

    1.  Launcher
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  4. Application Finder icon
     2 likes

    The Application Finder is a program to find and launch installed applications on your system, and quickly execute commands.

    45 Application Finder alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    Application Finder Features

    1.  Dashboard
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  5. Flashlight icon
     8 likes

    Flashlight gives you control over Spotlight. There are tons of options for customization so you can do things how you want to. Flashlight is designed to make enhancing Spotlight easy and enhance it's usefulness on macOS 10.9 and up.

    57 Flashlight alternatives
    Flashlight screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Flashlight Features

    1.  Launcher
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  6. HoudahSpot icon
     11 likes

    Advanced File Search Utility for Mac OS X.

    37 HoudahSpot alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    HoudahSpot Features

    1.  Spotlight
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  7. Salmon icon
     2 likes

    Salmon - Spotlight for Finder. Powerful search tool for files and folders with support for multiple selection. Powerful @modifiers to filter and sort.

    78 Salmon alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Salmon Features

    1.  Spotlight
    2.  Fast file and folder search
    3.  Folders
    4.  Filesystem
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  8. Diamond icon
     3 likes

    All of your files and emails at your fingertips. Diamond launches from a keyboard shortcut and allows instant, secure access to any of a user's files and emails. View a demo at https://youtu.be/uXxQszNKaqw.

    29 Diamond alternatives

    License model

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Diamond Features

    1.  Gmail
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  9. Mini Run icon
     1 like

    A handy tool to start application by keyboard.

    107 Mini Run alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Finda icon
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    Finda finds things — windows, browser tabs, code editor buffers, browser history, apps, files, etc. — in under 16 milliseconds.

    32 Finda alternatives
    Finda screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    Finda Features

    1.  Indexed search
    2.  Launcher
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  11. iBar icon
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    iBar is like Spotlight but for the web — jump to any page in your browser history in a couple of keystrokes.

    53 iBar alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    iBar Features

    1.  Support for Aliases
    2.  Launcher
    3.  Bookmark search
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  12. Lightweight Launcher icon
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    A robust file/web launcher.

    66 Lightweight Launcher alternatives
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    License model

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    Platforms

    • Mac

    Lightweight Launcher Features

    1.  Launcher
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