An administrative tool that finds files and folders by filename instantly, displaying all files on local or network drives. Supports filters, 19 languages, portable usage, lightweight resource consumption, no tracking, and dark mode.
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DeskRule AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like DeskRule
DeskRule is described as 'Wherever you have files DeskRule can locate them. Search your hard disk, but also in mobile phones and cameras, zipfolders, FTP, OneDrive and all the other virtual shell folders' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to DeskRule for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best DeskRule alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like DeskRule are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and Cling Fuzzy Finder.
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- 115 Everything alternatives
158 Keypirinha alternativesA lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable). Extensible with Python3 plugins.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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87 FSearch alternativesFSearch 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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129 DocFetcher alternativesDocFetcher 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.
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57 Cling Fuzzy Finder alternativesQuickly fuzzy search system, hidden, or dotfiles using keyboard navigation, then preview, copy paths, batch rename, or run custom scripts. Supports exclusion rules, minimal UI, Quick Filters, and power user features for efficient macOS file management.
44 Recoll alternativesThis 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.
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77 Agent Ransack alternativesAgent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!
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35 grepWin alternativesgrepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.
300 Filezo alternativesFilezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.
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39 AstroGrep alternativesAstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.
111 SearchMyFiles alternativesSearchMyFiles 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 your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content...
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