Recoll Alternatives

Recoll is described as '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' and is a popular File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Recoll for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Xfce and BSD apps. The best Recoll alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Recoll are DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder, Clapgrep and Catfish.

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  1. SwiftSearch icon
     21 likes

    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. Outlook and desktop search to help you search and find information from your files, emails and documents on your computer. Now also with a secure p2p network so you can share information and collaborate with your friends and colleagues.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
     
  3. A fast and next-generation desktop search and productivity tool for standard and virtual desktops, for private and enterprise search requirements. Finds documents, outlook archives and e-mails, contacts, appointments, folders, etc.

    76 Lookeen Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
     
  4. Desktop Docs icon
     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. DocSearch+ icon
     2 likes

    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.

    15 DocSearch+ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. 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
     
  7. Tracker icon
     5 likes

    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.

    39 Tracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  8. Baloo icon
     1 like

    Baloo is not an application, but a daemon to index files. Applications can use the Baloo framework to provide file search results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. FileSearchy icon
     37 likes

    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    76 FileSearchy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Panofind icon
     3 likes

    Panofind allows you to find texts in more than 70 document & media formats (like PDF, Word, Excel, etc.), more formats will be added in future versions. The tool will also index the files in a variety of compressed archives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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