Pipy

Pipy is a free Windows utility designed to gradually improve one’s productivity during typical desktop tasks. It does so by combining a launcher and a desktop search tool within a single application.

Free
Windows

Pipy is a free Windows utility designed to gradually improve one’s productivity during typical desktop tasks. It does so by combining a launcher and a desktop search tool within a single application.

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Program Launcher File search Indexed search

The Best 29 Pipy Alternatives

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TagSpaces is a multiplatform application, which allows you to manage and organize your local files with the help of tags.

Freemium Windows Linux Android iPhone Mac

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Works Offline MarkDown support Tag based Hierarchical structure Built in Note Taker Support for WebDAV File organization File search Automatic file renaming Support for Batch Mode Built in editor Chromecast support Color coding File preview File tagging Indexed search Information aggregator Visual Tagging
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Portable Tag based Tabbed interface Drag n drop Image Preview Clipboard monitoring Program Launcher File search Local Search Windows Explorer integration File tagging Indexed search Bookmark History Browser History Duplicate Files Finder Folder Search Folder Tagging
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File search Indexed search Outlook search
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Free Personal Windows

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Free Open Source Linux

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A fast, lightweight, customizable search alternative for Windows 7 that also allows for deletion and renaming.

Free Windows

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Free Open Source Windows

File search Persistent Linux
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MasterSeeker

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Portable File search
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Commercial Windows
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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.

Free Mac OS X Windows

Share files Real time collaboration File search Outlook integration Indexed search Outlook search
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Instant file search, showing results as you type.

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File search Indexed search
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Free Windows

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Commercial Windows
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AndroSearch

Search INSIDE documents/files on your device like no other files manager/finder do. Featuring sub second, full text, Desktop Search in files content, and over apps names and description.

Free Android Android Tablet

File search Full text search Search in files
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Free Open Source Windows
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Free Windows

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Pipy

Links to official Pipy sites

Features

Categories

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The Best 29 Pipy Alternatives

Everything

Listary

TagSpaces

RecentX

Lookeen Desktop Search

Keypirinha

FileSearchy

FSearch

Conjure

SwiftSearch

MasterSeeker

X1 Search

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