TheSearchMan Alternatives
TheSearchMan is described as 'Free tool which searches your hard drives for files. It is:
- Blazingly fast. (Searches 50 GB drive in 1 second!)
- Small. (Just 35 KB download!)
- Multi-threaded. (Your computer never hangs!)
- Portable(which means No Installations Required!)
- Very simple' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to TheSearchMan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best TheSearchMan alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like TheSearchMan are Keypirinha, DocFetcher, FSearch and UltraSearch.
- Free • Proprietary
- 112 Everything alternatives
An administrative tool that finds files and folders by filename instantly, displaying all files on local or network drives. Supports filters, 19 languages, portable usage, lightweight resource consumption, no tracking, and dark mode.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Australia
Platforms
- Windows
- 156 Keypirinha alternatives
A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
France
EU
Platforms
- Windows
- 126 DocFetcher alternatives
DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and OS X, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top DocFetcher Features
- 84 FSearch alternatives
FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK+3.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Windows
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Finland
EU
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedThe 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
SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...
ANGRYsearch Features
Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
Slovakia
EU
Platforms
- Mac
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
United States
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks
FileSearchy Features
- 73 VX Search alternatives
VX Search is an automated, rule-based file search solution allowing one to search files by the file type, category, file name, size, location, extension, regular expressions, text and binary patterns, creation, modification and last access dates, EXIF tags, etc.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
Cyprus
EU
Platforms
- Windows
VX Search Features
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
Portugal
EU
Platforms
- Windows
DiscontinuedThis software hasn't been updated since October 2018.