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.
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 50 alternatives to Recoll for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Recoll alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Recoll are DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder, Catfish and Clapgrep.
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8 Panofind alternatives
39 Tracker alternativesTracker 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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- Xfce
74 FileSearchy alternativesFile 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.
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- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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- Discontinued
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- Windows
Terrier is a highly flexible, efficient, and effective open source search engine, readily deployable on large-scale collections of documents.
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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
Effective File Search (EFS) is a powerful but easy to use search tool. Search any files on your computer or local network with this effective software. EFS is a real replacement for the Windows Search utility. You can save a lot of time with this excellent file search tool.
GUI of indexed grep for source code, files locator, search and replace. Switch differnt projects and start searching. Drag and drop of filenames to your favourite editor.
Wherever you have files DeskRule can locate them. Search your hard disk, but also in mobile phones and cameras, zipfolders, FTP, OneDrive and all the other virtual shell folders.
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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.
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A fast, lightweight, customizable search alternative for Windows 7 that also allows for deletion and renaming. Easily locate files on mapped network drives using Conjure, expedite your searches by including folders you need and excluding ones you never use.
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