Lookeen Desktop Search AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Lookeen Desktop Search

Lookeen Desktop Search is described as 'Indexed desktop and network search tool supporting Office documents, PDFs, web files, email and Outlook content with preview windows, filters, and fast access' and is a popular File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Lookeen Desktop Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Microsoft Outlook and Flathub apps. The best Lookeen Desktop Search alternative is FSearch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lookeen Desktop Search are Listary, DocFetcher, Agent Ransack and Recoll.

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  1. FSearch icon

    FSearch

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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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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  2. Listary icon

    Listary

     287 likes

    Listary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.

    138 Listary alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • File Explorer
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    Global Search
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    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.

    138 DocFetcher alternatives

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    Filter panel and preview panel enabled
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    Scherlokk

    Performs high-speed file searches using a proprietary engine across built-in, portable, and network drives, including hidden and non-indexed files, supports detailed result filtering, provides file comparison, hex editing, autosa...

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    Agent Ransack

     113 likes

    Agent 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!

    91 Agent Ransack alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Search results, showing the contents view docked below the file list view:
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    Recoll

     64 likes

    This 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.

    56 Recoll alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Search results
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  9. Cling Fuzzy Finder icon

    Cling Fuzzy Finder

     12 likes

    Quickly 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.

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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    • European Union flagEU
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  10. Clapgrep icon

    Clapgrep

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    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
    • Linux Mobile
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    • European Union flagEU
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  11. Hister icon

    Hister

     5 likes

    Your own search engine. Hister turns the pages you visit and the files you keep into a private, full content search index that you control.

    37 Hister alternatives

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    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
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    • Docker
    • Nix Package Manager
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    • European Union flagEU
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  12. Curiosity Search icon

    Curiosity Search

     12 likes

    AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generation tools.

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  13. 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.

    93 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • CA flagCanada
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  15. Filezo icon

    Filezo

     108 likes

    Windows utility for instant access to files, folders, and programs. Indexes and organizes recents, enables tagging, previews, hotkey launching, direct file operations, and integrates project-based file management while reducing reliance on Windows Explorer.

    329 Filezo alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
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