Top 15 Pipy Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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.

1. Spotlight

Spotlight Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures,......

2. Instant Document Search

Instant Document Search Instant Document Search is a powerful search solution (like Internet search engines) for your local documents. You can instantly find documents by keywords or key-phrases and see the results with context preview and highlighted keywords. Instant Document Search supports most of the popular document types, has flexible configuration options, convenient......

3. SMF – Search my Files

SMF – Search my Files SMF is a file and file duplicate search tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. It has tons of search filter capabilities and a result reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.Writes settings to: Application folderHow to extract: Download......

4. Recoll

Recoll This package is a personal full text search package which is based on a very strong backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich interface.Recoll finds keywords inside documents as well as file names.It can search most document formats.It can reach any storage place: files, archive......

5. Archivarius 3000

Archivarius 3000 Archivarius 3000 is a full-featured application to search documents and e-mail on the desktop computer, your local network and removable drives (CD, DVD). The documents can be searched by content, the same as with Internet search engines.Key features includeInstant full-text search of documents and e-mails.Word form search on 18 languages.Support......

6. One Commander

One Commander One Commander (previously bitCommander) is a Windows file manager (Windows 7, 8 and 10) with improved Miller Columns (OSX Finder's column view) and two-panel support. It simplifies file management with intelligent file representation, relative file dates (shown as days since creation), ToDo notes in any folder, batch file processing without......

7. Hddb File Search

Hddb File Search Hddb is a file search tool like Everything .Everything has some problems; Hddb fixes them.Hddb doesn't require admin permission when doing file search, so no UAC prompt is required on startup. UAC prompt is required only when building the database. You can even install a build service. When......

8. Hain

Hain Hain is an ALT + SPACE launcher for Windows that looks and works similar to Alfred .FEATURESSearching Executable files us very fast with Fuzzy MatchingPlugins in Pure JavaScript......

9. Launchy

Launchy Launchy is a free Windows and Linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.......

10. Deskbar-Applet

Deskbar-Applet The goal of Deskbar-Applet is to provide an omnipresent versatile search interface. By typing search terms into the deskbar entry in your panel you are presented with the search results as you type.Searches are handled by a series of plugins. Deskbar-Applet provides a simple interface to manage these plugins to......

11. Yal

Yal Yal - Yet Another LauncherYet Another LauncherYal can help you speed up the way you interact with your Windows based PC.You can easily access your favorite programs, documents, even browser bookmarks.You don't even have to type their full name. Yal can usually tell what you actually want, without expecting many......

12. Lookeen Desktop Search

Lookeen Desktop Search Lookeen Desktop Search is an indexed-based file and email search tool for business and private users. With Lookeen you will not only find the information you need on your desktop – shared folders and network paths can also be indexed and searched.Lookeen allows you to simultaneously search the contents of......

13. Google Desktop

Google Desktop The power of Google on your desktop. Hit ctrl twice and you are ready for a full Google search of you hard drive and networked drives you may have. Indispensable if you need to find files quickly... the price doesn't hurt either!As of September 14, Google Desktop will no longer......

14. Copernic Desktop Search

Copernic Desktop Search Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic Desktop Search Home. Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) enables you to instantly search files, e-mails, and e-mail attachments stored anywhere on your PCs hard drive. The application executes sub second searching of Microsoft Word, Excel, and......

15. ANGRYsearch

ANGRYsearch Instant file search, showing results as you type.......