Everything Alternatives

Everything is described as 'Locate files and folders by filename on Windows instantly, displaying all items on NTFS volumes and mapped network drives. Supports 19 languages' and is a leading File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Everything for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best Everything alternative is FSearch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Everything are Listary, Agent Ransack, UltraSearch and DocFetcher.

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Everything 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 Linux, Mac, Open Source, Windows, Android and Windows + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Everything.
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  1. Generate file list of all files with specific name pattern, extension, properties and attributes, as well as text and binary content by recursively scanning specified directories and searching for matching files. Copy and rename found files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Ffind icon
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    Ffind — search a file hierarchy.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. fzy icon
     4 likes

    fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Vim
     
  5. A Linux version of Everything Search Engine. Support fast NTFS indexing. Show instant results as you type.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Omni Search icon
     5 likes

    Omni searches your local files by meaning - text, code, PDFs, images, audio, and video in one vector space, in any language. Runs on-device on Apple silicon. Private, offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. DFind icon
     2 likes

    DFind lets you perform advanced file and folder searches on your Mac. Need to find all files containing a certain text? Need to find files created in the last hour? Need to find large files that take up all your disk space?

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • 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. Provides search across local files, Outlook emails, network shares, and cloud drives, offers secure peer-to-peer sharing, secure real-time messaging, advanced search profiles, free access, multi-view results, query refinement, and quick keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
     
  10. Ava Find icon
     6 likes

    Find Instantly Search without delay.

    Amazing Accuracy Sophisticated ranking shows what you want near the top.

    Find New Files Automatically Scout Bot finds newly downloaded files automatically. You don't even have to enter a search!

    Browse Music and Videos Do you have music.

    33 Ava Find alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. liquidFOLDERS icon
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    liquidFOLDERS stores all files in a separate area of your computer we call "store". A store does not have a fixed directory tree (let alone one that you'll have to manage yourself), but is one big thing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
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