Tracker Alternatives

Tracker is described as 'Search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Tracker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Tracker alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Tracker are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and Recoll.

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  1. Everything icon
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    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.

    115 Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to Tracker.

    • Everything is the most popular free alternative to Tracker.

    • Everything is Free and ProprietaryTracker is Free and Open Source
    • Everything is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTracker is not according to our users
  2. FSearch icon
     75 likes
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    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.

    87 FSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • FSearch is the most popular Linux alternative to Tracker.

    • FSearch is the most popular Open Source alternative to Tracker.

    • FSearch is Free and Open SourceTracker is also Free and Open Source
    • FSearch is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTracker is not according to our users
  3. DocFetcher icon
     129 likes
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    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 macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    129 DocFetcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • DocFetcher is the most popular Mac alternative to Tracker.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceTracker is also Free and Open Source
    • DocFetcher is Privacy focusedTracker is not according to our users
  4. Recoll icon
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    This package is a personal full text search package which is based on a very strong backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich interface.

    44 Recoll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Catfish icon
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    Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

    33 Catfish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GTK
    • Xfce
     
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    Quick macOS file searching with substring, prefix, suffix, exact, and path-mixed patterns, case-sensitive or regex search modes, instant language switching, keyboard shortcuts, Quick Look previews, Finder integration, clipboard copy, and open-source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. SearchMyFiles icon
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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...

    111 SearchMyFiles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Desktop Docs icon
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    Desktop Docs is the all-in-one platform to browse, edit, and export your media files.

    61 Desktop Docs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Desktop Docs is the most popular commercial alternative to Tracker.

    • Desktop Docs is Paid and ProprietaryTracker is Free and Open Source
  9. SwiftSearch icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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