grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.


String Replacer is described as 'For Mac allows to find and replace a list of strings inside files and folders directly or in batch mode. It allows to operate on multiple files using a multiple string couple replacement list. It works with just a single click or using drag and drop' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are nine alternatives to String Replacer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, PortableApps.com, Chocolatey and Linux apps. The best String Replacer alternative is grepWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like String Replacer are PowerGREP, Find in Files (quick search text), Replace Text and EasyGrep.
grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.


PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.


Find in Files is a free web tool that can quickly find a desired information in a dozen of files right in a browser. It can search a text in PDF files by phrases or regular expressions.

Replace Text, formerly called BK ReplaceEm, is the free string-replacing utility for Windows.



EasyGrep is an easy to use Windows grep software which allows you to search within files on your computer. Supports text based searches as well as regex searches. Supports Notepad++.

Search & Replace Master is a freeware. It looks through multiple files for a string or pattern and can also replace it with another string or pattern.


Multi String Replacer is a small and portable application that can be used to replace multiple strings at once. Its main functionality is String Swapping in which can be easily and quickly done. String swapping consists on replacing WordX with WordY and WordY with WordX.


Online String Swap, is a web page that can be used to replace multiple strings at once online in almost any web browser available out there!

Rummage is a cross platform tool for crawling directories and searching and replacing in text files. It is written in Python and uses wxPython for the GUI. Rummage allows for literal or regex searches and has configurations for limiting the files etc.


