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

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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

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EasyFind

EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.

• Discontinued The app can still be downloaded on the Mac App Store but it hasn't been updated in 5 years.

Free Mac

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HoudahSpot

HoudahSpot is an advanced file search tool for Mac. Use HoudahSpot to locate hard-to-find files and keep frequently used files within reach. HoudahSpot builds upon...

Commercial Mac

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Find Any File

Find Any File is a program for Apple's Mac OS X that lets you search for files on your disks.

Free Mac

11 Like

FoxTrot Professional Search

Search a comprehensive, centralized cache of all text found in your documents and other text-based files, including database and package files.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac

6 Like

Scherlokk

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

Commercial Mac

5 Like

iFileX

iFileX's functionality and design is based on Mac OS early-era file search tools such as Find File and Sherlock, now replaced by Spotlight.

Free Mac

3 Like

Apse

A search engine that runs on your computer. It lets you search your personal history, without tracking you or compromising your privacy.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux

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TextSeek

TextSeek helps you search document contents for Windows and MacOS within seconds, inlcuding PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other formats. The core feature is that...

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows

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