dtsearch AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like dtsearch

dtsearch is described as 'DtSearch - The Smart Choice for Text Retrieval since 1991' and is a File Search utility in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to dtsearch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best dtsearch alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like dtsearch are Clapgrep, Filezo, Anytxt Desktop Search and Copernic Desktop Search.

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  1. DocFetcher icon

    DocFetcher

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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.

    129 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Almost everyone thinks DocFetcher is a great dtsearch alternative.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to dtsearch.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to dtsearch.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open Sourcedtsearch is Paid and Proprietary
    • DocFetcher is Privacy focuseddtsearch is not according to our users
  2. Clapgrep icon

    Clapgrep

     10 likes

    Ever had a folder full of PDF files, where you knew, somewhere in there, is what you're looking for. But you did not know in which file. So you had to search each of them at a time…

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. Filezo icon

    Filezo

     107 likes

    Filezo (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.

    300 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Comments about Filezo as an Alternative to dtsearch
    Guest
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    dtsearch is about indexing files of many types and allowing standard and customized searches, whereas recentx aims at monitoring and tagging recent applications, which include documents. one is about content, the other is about the container.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    it does not deal with searching file content but is a launcher application, so it should be in the category of desktop launchers.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Filezo icon

    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to dtsearch.

    • Filezo is Paid and Proprietarydtsearch is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Copernic Desktop Search

    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index...

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  6. Anytxt Desktop Search icon

    Anytxt Desktop Search

     13 likes

    AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local data full-text search engine, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your ideal desktop search tool.

    69 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Comments about Anytxt Desktop Search as an Alternative to dtsearch
    Paulo Castro Oliveira
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    1. The resources used in the system, in the indexing process (mainly at the CPU level) are immense (always above 25% CPU utilization).
    2. the indexing process has no option to work in an "intelligent" way, e.g., when the system is in an "idle" situation.
    3. Indexing takes an infinite amount of time, more than overnight
    4. The indexing database is one of the largest among the indexing programs I have tested 5.Over the years I have tested different versions, but the result is always the same!
    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Anytxt Desktop Search is Free and Proprietarydtsearch is Paid and Proprietary
    • Anytxt Desktop Search is Lightweightdtsearch is not according to our users
  7. Copernic Desktop Search icon

    Copernic Desktop Search

     36 likes

    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index size limit in the free version.

    83 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. FileLocator icon

    FileLocator

     35 likes

    FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Lemur Project

     3 likes

    The Lemur Project develops search engines, browser toolbars, text analysis tools, and data resources that support research and development of information retrieval and text mining software. The project is best known for its Indri search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Lemur Project is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to dtsearch.

    • Lemur Project is Free and Open Sourcedtsearch is Paid and Proprietary
  13. Search Text In Files icon

    Search Text In Files

     1 like

    Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Ambar

     4 likes

    Ambar is a smart documents archive with automated crawling, OCR, deduplication and ultra-fast full-text search. Imagine having billion of files in different formats like xls, doc, txt, pdf, ppt, etc..., in any encoding.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  15. Exalead Desktop Search icon

    Exalead Desktop Search

     1 like

    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

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    • Windows
     
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