Alternatives to Tracker for all platforms with any license

Everything

"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially...

Free Windows
File Searching Data export/import File Searching Music discovery ... Portable Add a feature

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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 Searching Indexed search Portable ... Search in Archives Semantic Search Add a feature

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Recoll

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. ...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
File Searching Indexed search Search-in-files File preview ... File Searching Full text search Low memory usage Outlook and email clients integration Semantic Search Add a feature

34 Like
FSearch

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. Note: The...

Free Open Source Linux
Indexed search Support for regular expressions File Searching Add a feature

24 Like
Searchmonkey

A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories. Written in Gtk2 it is highly...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Content Searching File Searching Portable Add a feature

23 Like
Catfish

Catfish is a versatile file searching tool. Catfish is a search GUI powered by locate and find behind the scenes, with autocompletion from Zeitgeist and locate. The...

Free Open Source Linux GTK+ Xfce PyGTK
Autocompletion File Searching Add a feature

27 Like
SearchMyFiles

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...

Free Windows
File Searching Local Search Non-Indexing search Portable ... USB drives Add a feature

26 Like
SwiftSearch

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...

Free Open Source Windows
File Searching Persistent Linux Add a feature

12 Like
FileSearchy

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...
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks
Free Personal Windows
File Searching Local Search Add a feature

35 Like
Archivarius 3000

Archivarius 3000 is a full-featured application to search documents and e-mail on the desktop computer, your local network and removable drives (CD, DVD). The documents...

Commercial Windows
File Searching Indexed search Multiple languages Add a feature

15 Like
Index Your Files

Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives without remote admin rights (as necessary for the similar app...
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated since 2012. Last version, 5.0.2.6, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Windows Linux Wine
File Searching Indexed search Portable Add a feature

15 Like
CSearcher

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...

Free Windows
Duplicate File Finder Windows Explorer integration Export to CSV Export to HTML ... Export to XML File Searching Lightweight Non-Indexing search Portable Support for regular expressions Search History Add a feature

3 Like
ANGRYsearch

Instant file search, showing results as you type.

Free Open Source Linux
File Searching Indexed search Add a feature

6 Like
Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is a service which logs the users's activities and events, anywhere from files opened to websites visited and conversations. It makes this information...

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
FileSearchEX

FileSearchEX is the no nonsense file search utility for Windows 7 and higher. It offers the simplified search interface like Windows XP yet in an updated and modern...

Commercial Windows
File Searching Add a feature

3 Like