CLUSTER DESKTOP-FILE-FILES · 46 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-06-12
Desktop file search utilities
This cluster comprises desktop and local file search tools that index file names and contents for fast, often offline retrieval across documents, PDFs, archives, and emails. The dated history before the index start shows a single entry in 2014 followed by a gap, then a recurring trickle of entries from 2021 onward through 2026, with a slightly higher frequency in 2024-2026 but no uniform trend. Among traction leaders, android_everything leads with 230 stars, far ahead of text_search (17) and FloePod (4).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled
Operator · 7 hobby · 8 open source · 5 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21ReperIO0★8 dayslivehobbyDesktop utility that searches, indexes, exports, and copies files on large slow network file servers without requiring installation.
- 22FolderMind0★1 day—Offline desktop app that performs semantic search across every document in a folder.
- 23DataSearch1★27 days—Offline desktop search tool that indexes file names and contents for full-text search, supporting Russian morphology and cross-platform operation.
- 24wordstatchek1★1 mo—hand-codedDesktop app and CLI for bulk checking Yandex Wordstat search volume, with resumable scraping and native Windows UI.
- 25FileOrganizer1★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyDesktop file search and organizer that indexes files, finds duplicates, and sorts them using an AI assistant.
- 26callRoot0★28 days—hobbyDesktop app that indexes local documents and provides real-time search with folder watching and no cloud telemetry.
- 27FSearch0★21 daysliveopen sourceDesktop application that quickly searches for files and folders by name using filters, wildcards, and regular expressions.
- 28anyecho0★1 mo—hobbyA Windows desktop search tool that indexes file names and contents for instant local discovery, supporting full-text queries.
- 29FastSearch_Flutter0★1 mo—Desktop search application that quickly retrieves relevant content for users on their computer.
- 30SeekLocal0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that searches local documents by meaning and keyword, returns matches, and opens the original file while keeping everything offline.
- 31SeekLocal0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop search app that finds local documents by keyword or meaning without uploading files, jumping directly to original files.
- 32facet0★1 mo—File search tool that lets users pivot-filter results by directory, extension, size, and modification time, compiling selections into search syntax.
- 33Recoll0★2 moliveopen sourceA desktop search application that indexes and searches across file contents and metadata, including inside archives and emails.
- 34ferox-file-explorer0★1 mo—hobbyFile explorer for Linux offering fast navigation, global search, and a customizable branded interface.
- 35KFind0★3 moliveopen sourceFile search tool that locates files and folders by name, type, or content across the system.
- 36SeekFast0★4 moliveopen sourceApplication that searches text across many file types and displays matching results with surrounding context.
- 37Clapgrep0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop utility that searches file contents across text files, PDFs, and office documents to locate the page or line containing a term.
- 38File Shows0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceFile explorer that lets users search, batch-process, securely delete, and schedule operations on files using glob patterns and regex.
- 39CoreHunt0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop search tool for finding files quickly with categorized results.
- 40Snoop0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop utility that searches file contents within a chosen folder and integrates into the file manager context menu for quick lookups.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.