Finda finds things — windows, browser tabs, code editor buffers, browser history, apps, files, etc. — in under 16 milliseconds.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Application types
United StatesPlatforms
- Mac
- Electron / Atom Shell
Spotlight Alternatives
Spotlight is described as '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 the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer' and is a application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Spotlight for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Spotlight alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Spotlight are Flow Launcher, Alfred, Vicinae and Raycast.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
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Instantly access the information you need, without searching. Whether it’s in the Finder, email, on the web, in the cloud, a version-control system, almost anywhere. Link and retrieve it with Hook.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
iBar is like Spotlight but for the web — jump to any page in your browser history in a couple of keystrokes.
LaunchPanel is a completely FREE application that allows you to quickly launch applications, open files and folders.
86 CSearcher alternativesCSearcher 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.
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Baloo is not an application, but a daemon to index files. Applications can use the Baloo framework to provide file search results.
Comments about Baloo as an Alternative to Spotlight
- Baloo is Free and Open Source
Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.
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An easy-to-use, fast and efficient full-text search tool for your iPad or iPhone. Search for content in files stored on your device, in iCloud, on network folders, USB drives and memory cards.
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Access your files, programs, browser bookmarks, search engines and windows with a few key presses.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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It's not a search bar app for productivity. It is a file indexer. And by the way isn't the best.