730 Like Everything Good alternative? YES NO "Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially... Free Windows No features added Add a feature
71 Like DocFetcher Good alternative? YES NO DocFetcher 1.1 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Indexed search Semantic Search Add a feature
22 Like regain Good alternative? YES NO Search the contents of your files not just the file names. regain is a search engine similar to web search engines like Google, with the difference that you don't... Free Open Source Windows Linux Self-Hosted Indexed search Add a feature
22 Like Catfish Good alternative? YES NO 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 Xfce Autocompletion Add a feature
35 Like FileSearchy Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Personal Windows Fast local search Add a feature
25 Like SearchMyFiles Good alternative? YES NO 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 Fast local search USB drives Add a feature
18 Like Searchmonkey Good alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature
21 Like Recoll Good alternative? YES NO 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 Linux BSD File preview Full text search Indexed search Add a feature
15 Like Index Your Files Alternative? YES NO 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... Free Windows Linux Wine No features added Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated since 2012.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.
13 Like Archivarius 3000 Good alternative? YES NO 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 Indexed search Multiple languages Add a feature
6 Like Atlas Recall Good alternative? YES NO If you can see it, you can search it and share it from any device. Everything seen is remembered devices across all of your devices. Atlas pulls together all the... Free Mac iPhone Chrome No features added Add a feature
9 Like SwiftSearch Good alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature
6 Like ANGRYsearch Good alternative? YES NO Instant file search, showing results as you type. Free Open Source Linux Indexed search Add a feature
10 Like FSearch Good alternative? YES NO 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 Add a feature
3 Like FileSearchEX Good alternative? YES NO 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 No features added Add a feature
