VX Search Alternatives

VX Search is described as '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' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to VX Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and BSD apps. The best VX Search alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like VX Search are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and Cling Fuzzy Finder.

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VX Search alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Scherlokk icon

    Scherlokk

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    Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Scherlokk screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in viewer
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No registration required

    Scherlokk VS VX Search

     
  2. FileSearchy icon

    FileSearchy

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    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

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FileSearchy screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks

    FileSearchy Features

    1.  Local Search

    FileSearchy VS VX Search

     
  4. PowerGREP icon

    PowerGREP

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    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    80 PowerGREP alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    PowerGREP Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Search and Replace

    PowerGREP VS VX Search

     
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    Copernic Desktop Search icon
    Copernic Desktop Search

    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.

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  6. Find Any File icon

    Find Any File

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    Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Main Search Window

    Find Any File Features

    1.  Search and Replace

    Find Any File VS VX Search

     
  7. AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch icon

    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch

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    AIKIN is a powerful new desktop search that can find item names and content using advanced pattern recognition and semantic awareness, that doesn't require the user to always know exactly how something was named or written.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch screenshot 1

    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch Features

    1.  Semantic Search

    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch VS VX Search

     
  8. CSearcher icon

    CSearcher

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    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

    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CSearcher screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This software hasn't been updated since October 2018.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Search History
    5.  Non-Indexing search
    6.  Export to HTML
    7.  Export to XML
    8.  Export to CSV

    CSearcher VS VX Search

     
  10. BareGrep icon

    BareGrep

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    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.
    72 BareGrep alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    BareGrep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    BareGrep VS VX Search

     

  11. TheSearchMan

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    TheSearchMan is a free tool which searches your hard drives for files. It is:

    1. Blazingly fast. (Searches 50 GB drive in 1 second!)
    2. Small. (Just 35 KB download!)
    3. Multi-threaded. (Your computer never hangs!)
    4. Portable(which means No Installations Required!)
    5. Very simple.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TheSearchMan VS VX Search

     
  12. AndroSearch icon

    AndroSearch

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    Search INSIDE documents/files on your device like no other files manager/finder do.

    64 AndroSearch alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Discontinued

    no new version since 2017no working website anymorehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chocosoft.as&hl=gsw&gl=US

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Search-in-files

    AndroSearch VS VX Search

     

    • AndroSearch is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to VX Search.

    • AndroSearch is Free and ProprietaryVX Search is Freemium and Proprietary
    • AndroSearch is LightweightVX Search is not according to our users
  13. Find in Files (quick search text) icon

    Find in Files (quick search text)

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    Find in Files is a free web tool that can quickly find a desired information in a dozen of files right in a browser. It can search a text in PDF files by phrases or regular expressions.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Find in Files (quick search text) screenshot 1

    Find in Files (quick search text) Features

    1.  Full-Text Search

    Find in Files (quick search text) VS VX Search

     

    • Find in Files (quick search text) is the most popular Web-based alternative to VX Search.

    • Find in Files (quick search text) is Free and ProprietaryVX Search is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. Tracker icon

    Tracker

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    Tracker is a 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Search Bar - The search bar is an applet for GNOME which allows quick access to your data by entering a few search terms. This is the easiest way to find your data:.

    Tracker VS VX Search

     
  15. Advanced Recent Access icon

    Advanced Recent Access

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    Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Advanced Recent Access screenshot 1

    Advanced Recent Access VS VX Search

     
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