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.




Pinot is described as 'Personal search and metasearch for the Free Desktop' and is an app in the online services category. There are five alternatives to Pinot for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Pinot alternative is Recoll, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pinot are Tracker, Beagle, strigi and Terrier.
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.




Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too.


Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.

a small daemon that can index information using the new crawler.


Terrier is a highly flexible, efficient, and effective open source search engine, readily deployable on large-scale collections of documents.

