XSearch Alternatives for Linux

XSearch is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is FSearch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to XSearch and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to XSearch are DocFetcher, GCstar, Anytxt Desktop Search and Search Monkey.

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  1. FSearch icon
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    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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    • Flathub
     
  2. DocFetcher icon
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    DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    128 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. GCstar icon
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    Desktop application to manage of various types of collections (books, comics, films, TV shows, music, games, wines, stamp, coins, etc...).

    100 GCstar alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. FAR is a simple tool for search and replace operations over multiple files. You can apply ordinary "word by word" replacement, or choose to use fully featured regular expressions.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. ANGRYsearch icon
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    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  6. File Brain icon
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    File Brain is a desktop application that helps you find files instantly using natural language. Instead of remembering exact filenames, you can ask questions like "flight ticket invoice", and File Brain uses semantic search to understand the meaning and show the...

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Beagle icon
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    Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.

    54 Beagle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  8. nn-search icon
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    nn-search is a simple application for searching words using their part-of-speech tags. For example, it can find a chain of tags like "DT NN VB" that may correspond to such sentences in a text as "a tree grows" or "the dog barks".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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