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A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3

16 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 4 stories, 12 comments · first 2019-01-07 · latest 2026-05-14

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  1. Have you seen FSearch? https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch It's quite similar to Everything. Btw, there's also fooyin which you may say is "modeled" after foobar2000 https://github.com/fooyin/fooyin - another piece I miss from Windows.
    comment by pndy · 2026-05-14 · in Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7
  2. FSearch is a FOSS alternative for unix-like systems https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch
    comment by akimbostrawman · 2024-08-28 · in "Everything" is a filename search engine for Windows
  3. …For example you can also search by file modification date or size and use boolean operators. https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/wiki/Search-syntax
    comment by wander_homer · 2023-12-17 · in Fsearch, a fast file search utility for Unix-like systems
  4. …on Windows, because the Linux kernel isn't particularly good at reporting filesystem changes https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/issues/26 Everything is comprehensive + instant + always up-to-date, that's so awesome a combo it's a pity…
    comment by eviks · 2023-07-22 · in Bfs 3.0: The Fastest Find Yet
  5. Have you checked fsearch? https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch It got very good in the last 1-2 years and while ext4 fs don't support a file index like NTFS does, fsearch is still very fast, caches its results, offers similar features…
    comment by phil294 · 2023-01-29 · in AutoHotkey v2 Official Release Announcement
  6. FSearch is a fast file search utility, inspired by Everything Search Engine. https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch
    comment by ineedausername · 2022-12-22 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
  7. There is FSearch for GNU/Linux: https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch
    comment by gala8y · 2022-12-02 · in Recoll – Full-text search for your desktop
  8. +1 for Everything. Fsearch is a good alternative on Linux https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch
    comment by Barrin92 · 2022-02-05 · in Fast File Finder for Windows is a tool for quickly finding files by name
  9. …with given subject separated by underscores) in names of files/directories and using FSearch ( https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch ) to search for the tags in names/paths. It's simple, it's portable, it's good enough. You could in…
    comment by tkot · 2022-01-24 · in Yet another hot take on “folders versus tags”
  10. FSearch is inspired by Everything. https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch For general file search at ludicious speeds like Everything does on windows its pretty good :)
    comment by afarviral · 2020-12-03 · in Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz
  11. FSearch is an equivalent for Linux. https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch
    comment by pricci · 2020-04-13 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?
  12. Interface-wise we got Fsearch ( https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch ) on Linux, but it's not feature complete. I love Everything, and I get a bit nostaligic over these simple but feature packed windows apps that are all but living…
    comment by ObscureScience · 2019-01-07 · in Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly on Windows