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Everything

File and folder lookup tool that searches across local, removable, and network mapped drives.

Free Windows
File Searching Instant results Support for regular expressions Accurate ... Clean design Data export/import Exclude files and folders Fast file and folder search Monitor File Changes File management File Searching Portable Add a feature

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Keypirinha

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

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

151 Like
Alfred

Alfred is a productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Workflow Automation Program Launchers Program Launchers Customizable ... File Searching Full text search Launcher Add a feature

251 Like
DocFetcher

DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Search-in-files File content indexing Indexed search Online Photo Editor ... Reads odt files File Searching Full text search Portable Search in Archives Semantic Search Shared folders Add a feature

99 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 Launcher ... Multiplatform Export Theme changing Add a feature

41 Like
Albert

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

Free Open Source Linux
Firefox bookmarks Program Launchers Calculators Customizable ... File management Launcher Lightweight QT Based Add a feature

41 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 Launcher Web searching Fast file and folder search ... File Searching Portable Add a feature

26 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...
- saves your recent/commonly used apps for quicker searches Guest • 3 days ago
Free Open Source Mac
Program Launchers File management Launcher Add a feature

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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 Desktop Environment 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

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EasyFind

EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.
- Discontinued
  The app can still be downloaded on the Mac App Store but it hasn't been updated in 5 years.
Free Mac
File management File Searching Add a feature

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