The Best 60 Windows Search Alternatives

  • Searchmonkey

    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories. Written in Gtk2 it is highly...

    Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD

  • Tracker

    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.

    Free Open Source Linux Xfce

  • Colibri

    Colibri combines the raw power of the command line with the intuitive nature of a modern graphical user interface to define a revolutionary new way of managing your...

    Free Windows

  • VX Search

    VX Search is an automated, rule-based file search solution allowing one to search files by the file type, category, file name, size, location, extension, regular expressions, text and binary patterns, creation, modification and last access...

    Freemium Windows

  • LAN Search Pro

    LAN Search Pro is a free and portable utility for fast file searching across your LAN. You can search for specific file names or for specific file types (e.g. all MP3 files).

    Free Windows

  • InSight Desktop Search

    "InSight Desktop Search" is a search engine that keeps track of all the files in your system and makes sure that you can access your files/folders easily and...

    Free Windows

  • multiple file search replace

    Make a change immediately in many files, add new text or new links in various webpages, change descriptions, key words and other metatags, repair inactive links, and...

    Commercial Windows

  • Mini Run

    A handy tool to start application by keyboard.

    Free Windows

  • Organyze Individual Edition

    Find files fast across folders, drives, disks and machines and emails in MS Outlook, find duplicates. Attach labels, bookmarks and comments, automatic backup, synchronize, messaging. Tag Web pages while downloading.

    Free Windows

  • Exalead Desktop Search

    Exalead Desktop Search Instantly locates any document stored on local resources like internal and external hard drives, network drives and USB keys .

    Free Windows

  • iSeek

    iSeek is a handy little program for Mac OS X that allows you to instantly search for anything you seek, no matter what program you are running. iSeek puts a familiar...

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Effective File Search

    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...

    Free Windows

  • Hulbee Desktop

    Hulbee Desktop is a professional search software. With its "Data Cloud", a cloud of search terms, it helps users to narrow down their own search. This way...

    Free Personal Windows

  • TheSearchMan

    TheSearchMan is a free tool which searches your hard drives for files. It is: 1. Blazingly fast. (Searches 50 GB drive in 1 second!) 2. Small. (Just 35 KB download!) ...

    Free Windows