TextSeek Alternatives

TextSeek is described as 'Professional full-text desktop search tool for Windows and MacOS. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and other formats' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to TextSeek for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best TextSeek alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like TextSeek are Listary, Alfred, DocFetcher and FSearch.

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TextSeek alternatives page was last updated Apr 5, 2025
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  1. FileMinutes icon

    FileMinutes

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

    52 FileMinutes alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    FileMinutes screenshot 1

    Top FileMinutes Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Built-in viewer
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Keyboard Browsing
    9.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    10. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
    11.  QuickLook File Preview

    FileMinutes VS TextSeek

     

    • FileMinutes is the most popular commercial alternative to TextSeek.

    • FileMinutes is Paid and ProprietaryTextSeek is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. dnGREP icon

    dnGREP

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    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File...

    56 dnGREP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Screen

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for regular expressions
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No registration required

    dnGREP VS TextSeek

     
  4. SearchMyFiles icon

    SearchMyFiles

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    SearchMyFiles is a non-indexing portable alternative to the standard "Search For Files And Folders" module of Windows. It allows you to easily search files in your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content...

    102 SearchMyFiles alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SearchMyFiles screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Local Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Non-Indexing search
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Network Scanner

    SearchMyFiles VS TextSeek

     
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  6. UltraSearch icon

    UltraSearch

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    UltraSearch searches files and folders on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds.

    52 UltraSearch alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Non-Indexing search
    9.  GDPR Compliant

    UltraSearch VS TextSeek

     
  7. Anytxt Desktop Search icon

    Anytxt Desktop Search

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    AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local data full-text search engine, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your ideal desktop search tool.

    68 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Anytxt Desktop Search screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Real-Time Search
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Outlook search

    Anytxt Desktop Search VS TextSeek

     
  8. Monarch Launcher icon

    Monarch Launcher

     4 likes
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    Designed for beginners and professionals alike, Monarch is a command center that makes it easier than ever to switch apps, run calculations, search clipboard history, take notes and more with only a single hotkey. No complicated setup or configuration required.

    58 Monarch Launcher alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Monarch Launcher screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Command palette

    Monarch Launcher VS TextSeek

     
  10. RecentX icon

    RecentX

     106 likes
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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.

    295 RecentX alternatives

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RecentX screenshot 1

    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 TextSeek

     
  11. Spotlight icon

    Spotlight

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    Spotlight is 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...

    83 Spotlight alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Spotlight screenshot 1

    Spotlight Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  File preview

    Spotlight VS TextSeek

     
  12. Direct Folders icon

    Direct Folders

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    Access your folders from anywhere.

    110 Direct Folders alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Direct Folders screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Quick Switch
    3.  Folders

    Direct Folders VS TextSeek

     
  13. Search Monkey icon

    Search Monkey

     35 likes
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    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.

    79 Search Monkey alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Search Monkey screenshot 1

    Search Monkey Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Content preview
    4.  Real-Time Search

    Search Monkey VS TextSeek

     
  14. Copernic Desktop Search icon

    Copernic Desktop Search

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    Instantly find documents, e-mails(full text), attachments, videos, pictures, music(metadata), and other types of files(file names). The size limit of the index of the free version is 75,000.

    81 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Copernic Desktop Search screenshot 1

    Copernic Desktop Search Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Outlook search
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Indexed search

    Copernic Desktop Search VS TextSeek

     
  15. Locate32 icon

    Locate32

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    Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches.

    71 Locate32 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Locate32 screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 3.1.11.8220a, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    Locate32 Features

    1.  Auto Indexing

    Locate32 VS TextSeek

     
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