Search Monkey Alternatives

Search Monkey is described as 'A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Search Monkey for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and BSD apps. The best Search Monkey alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Search Monkey are FSearch, DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder and Recoll.

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Search Monkey alternatives page was last updated May 16, 2024
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  1. Desktop Docs icon

    Desktop Docs

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    Desktop Docs is the all-in-one platform to browse, edit, and export your media files.

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    • Mac
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    Desktop Docs Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in viewer
    5.  File Tagging
    6.  No registration required
    7.  AI-Powered
    8.  Local Search
    9.  Video search

    Desktop Docs VS Search Monkey

     
  2. TextSeek icon

    TextSeek

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    TextSeek is a professional full-text desktop search tool for Windows and MacOS. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and other formats.

    101 TextSeek alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    TextSeek screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required
    7.  In-document search

    TextSeek VS Search Monkey

     
  4. RecentX icon

    RecentX

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    RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

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    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Top RecentX Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tagging
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Folder-Search
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Image Preview
    10.  Tag based
    11.  Folder Tagging
    12.  Bookmark History

    RecentX VS Search Monkey

     
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    FileMinutes

    Work smarter with files on macOS with fast search, easy navigation, and integrated file actions all in one apps.

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    PowerGREP

     22 likes
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    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    80 PowerGREP alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PowerGREP Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Search and Replace

    PowerGREP VS Search Monkey

     
  7. Ultra File Search icon

    Ultra File Search

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    Ultra File Search is a portable non-indexing Search Utility which is able to find quickly Files, Folders and Text on your Local, Network, DVD, CD-ROM, USB Hard or Flash Drives.

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Ultra File Search Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Non-Indexing search
    3.  Network Scanner

    Ultra File Search VS Search Monkey

     
  8. InSight Desktop Search icon

    InSight Desktop Search

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    "InSight Desktop Search" is a search engine that keeps track of all the files in your system and makes sure that you can access your files/folders easily and quickly. It is more than just a search engine, it’s also a music jukebox,that features ability to search for...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    InSight Desktop Search VS Search Monkey

     
  10. EasyFind icon

    EasyFind

     37 likes
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    EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.

    56 EasyFind alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    EasyFind screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search

    EasyFind VS Search Monkey

     
  11. FileSearchy icon

    FileSearchy

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    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks

    FileSearchy Features

    1.  Local Search

    FileSearchy VS Search Monkey

     
  12. CSearcher icon

    CSearcher

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    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 Explorer solution for this has many disavantages: it's slow, uses lots of RAM and many times it does not fin.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CSearcher screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This software hasn't been updated since October 2018.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Search History
    5.  Non-Indexing search
    6.  Export to HTML
    7.  Export to XML
    8.  Export to CSV

    CSearcher VS Search Monkey

     
  13. X1 Search icon

    X1 Search

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    X1 offers next generation enterprise search, eDiscovery and desktop search for traditional and virtual environments

    75 X1 Search alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    X1 Search Features

    1.  File content indexing
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Email tracking
    4.  File preview
    5.  Ediscovery

    X1 Search VS Search Monkey

     
  14. Advanced Find and Replace icon

    Advanced Find and Replace

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    Search files with smart queries as with Google, replace simple or multiline text in multiple files. The batch replace operation easily updates hundreds of different links in several files. Extremely fast, easy to use, with excellent help.

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Find operation

    Advanced Find and Replace Features

    1.  Search and Replace

    Advanced Find and Replace VS Search Monkey

     
  15. Samurai Search icon

    Samurai Search

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    Recursively search source code and text files for a pattern, then open matched files in your favourite editing/viewing app.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Samurai Search screenshot 1

    Samurai Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search

    Samurai Search VS Search Monkey

     

    • Samurai Search is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Search Monkey.

    • Samurai Search is Free and ProprietarySearch Monkey is Free and Open Source
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