Search Monkey Alternatives

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.

This tool enables users to search their NTFS formatted harddrives within seconds. It uses the MFT (master file table) of NTFS to search for files very fast.

liquidFOLDERS stores all files in a separate area of your computer we call "store". A store does not have a fixed directory tree (let alone one that you'll have to manage yourself), but is one big thing.

Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.

A fast, lightweight, customizable search alternative for Windows 7 that also allows for deletion and renaming. Easily locate files on mapped network drives using Conjure, expedite your searches by including folders you need and excluding ones you never use.

Terrier is a highly flexible, efficient, and effective open source search engine, readily deployable on large-scale collections of documents.

EasyGrep is an easy to use Windows grep software which allows you to search within files on your computer. Supports text based searches as well as regex searches. Supports Notepad++.

regexxer is a nifty GUI search/replace tool featuring Perl-style regular expressions. If you need project-wide substitution and you’re tired of hacking sed command lines together, then you should definitely give it a try.

The Personal File Tagging Utility. Tagg is a utility which locates your files based on simple labels you attach or tag on to your files.

gnome-search-tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.

A Linux version of Everything Search Engine. Support fast NTFS indexing. Show instant results as you type.

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.