DocFetcher Alternatives

DocFetcher is described as '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' and is a very popular File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DocFetcher for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best DocFetcher alternative is Listary, which is free. Other great apps like DocFetcher are Recoll, FSearch, Agent Ransack and UltraSearch.

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DocFetcher alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities, but if you're looking for File Managers or Application Launchers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DocFetcher.
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  1. SwiftSearch icon
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    SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. 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.

    63 AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Exalead Desktop Search Instantly locates any document stored on local resources like internal and external hard drives, network drives and USB keys .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. SCAN (Smart Content Aggregation and Navigation) is a personal semantic content manager for desktop users. It combines search, text analysis, tagging and metadata functions to provide new user experience of desktop navigation and personal document management.

    26 SCAN (Smart Content Aggregation and Navigation) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Omnicomb icon
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    Omnicomb is a multimedia file search engine. Search inside your text files, PDFs, Word documents, photos, videos, and audio files all at once.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. DocSearch+ icon
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    Very powerful index-based search tool for mobile. Support for boolean, proximity search & stemming. Filter by filetype & date. Context text (configurable length) shown for content matches. Granular control over index creation & maintenance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. Desktop Docs icon
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    Desktop Docs is the all-in-one platform to browse, edit, and export your media files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. "InSight Desktop Search" is a search engine that keeps track of all the files in your system and makes sure that you can access your files/folders easily and quickly. It is more than just a search engine, it’s also a music jukebox,that features ability to search for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Find Any File icon
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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:

    84 Find Any File alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Comments about Find Any File as an Alternative to DocFetcher
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    Find Any File is the only app I've found that can do a search by creation or modification date. You can also search file names or content! I don't care about most of the other features people noted in search apps here.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Find Any File is Paid and ProprietaryDocFetcher is Free and Open Source
  10. FilesSearchTool is a powerful file search app that includes advanced functionality for power users! Search through files using simple queries or regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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