Xfind Alternatives

Xfind is described as 'Part of the Xfile System, Xfind searches dropped files for keys you specify. When no key is given, Xfind sums block use, file sizes, and use of resource forks. Xfind can also find files for which the search key is not found' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are nine alternatives to Xfind for Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Wine. The best Xfind alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Xfind are DocFetcher, FSearch, Locate32 and Index Your Files.

Xfind alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be File Managers or Duplicate File Finders. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Xfind.

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Xfind

Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility

Part of the Xfile System, Xfind searches dropped files for keys you specify. When no key is given, Xfind sums block use,...

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Everything
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Free • Proprietary
File Search Utility
File Manager
Windows
100 Everything alternatives
"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on local or removable NTFS volumes on your computer (hence the name...
- - Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to Xfind.
- - Everything is the most popular free alternative to Xfind.
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Everything Features
1. LightweightEverything consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableEverything can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Ad-freeEverything doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Instant results
Fast file and folder search
Clean design
Support for regular expressions
Quick search
Monitor File Changes
Exclude files and folders
Data export/import
Search-in-files
Search output is not sortable
DocFetcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
Windows
Linux
110 DocFetcher alternatives
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 Google for your local document repository.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Xfind.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source alternative to Xfind.
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DocFetcher Features
1. Full-Text SearchDocFetcher lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
2. PortableDocFetcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Built-in viewerDocFetcher shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
4. Shared FoldersDocFetcher supports shared folders that can be used to store, search, and access files with multiple people.
Search-in-files
File content indexing
Indexed search
Content Searching
Semantic Search
Reads odt files
Network Scanner
Search in Archives
FSearch
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Linux
Flathub
80 FSearch alternatives
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.
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FSearch Features
1. LightweightFSearch consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Dark ModeFSearch supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Support for regular expressions
Indexed search
Locate32
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Windows
67 Locate32 alternatives
Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches.
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Locate32 Features
Auto Indexing
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 3.1.11.8220a, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Index Your Files
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Free • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Windows
Linux
Wine
76 Index Your Files alternatives
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 "Everything"). Searching can be done by name, date, size, location etc.
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Index Your Files Features
1. PortableIndex Your Files can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Network Scanner
Indexed search
CSearcher
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Free • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Duplicate File Finder
Windows
77 CSearcher alternatives
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.
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CSearcher Features
1. PortableCSearcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightCSearcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Windows Explorer ExtensionCSearcher can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Support for regular expressions
Search History
Non-Indexing search
Export to HTML
Export to XML
Export to CSV
Discontinued
This software hasn't been updated since October 2018.
Find Any File
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Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Mac
77 Find Any File alternatives
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:
- - Find Any File is the most popular commercial alternative to Xfind.
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Find Any File Features
Search and Replace
XSearch
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Free • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Windows
72 XSearch alternatives
XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didn't provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option such as "Any of the words", "All of the...
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XSearch Features
Non-Indexing search
File Seeker
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Free • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Windows
61 File Seeker alternatives
File Seeker searches hard disks for files with excellent speed, accuracy and search within feature.
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File Seeker Features
Indexed search
Discontinued
Last version, 3.5.2, was released on February, 2009. You can still download it from SoftPedia.com