Top 15 regain Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Search the contents of your files not just the file names.
regain is a search engine similar to web search engines like Google, with the difference that you don't search the web, but your own files and documents. Using regain you can search through large portions of data (several gigabytes!) in split seconds!

This is possible by using a search index. regain crawles through your files or webpages, extracts all text and puts it in a smart search index. All this happens in the background. So if you want to search something you get the results immediately.

1. 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......

2. 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......

3. DocFetcher

DocFetcher DocFetcher 1.1 is a portable German/English Open Source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.......

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. Exselo Desktop

Exselo Desktop Exselo Desktop is a Business Productivity Search tool that helps users with their day-to-day informational and operational needs.Exselo recognize the challenge to effectively understand and use the vast amount of information available. Exselo Desktop is the next generation search tool to help you find the information you have in Outlook......

6. Windows Search

Windows Search Windows Search, formerly known as Windows Desktop Search (WDS) on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, is an indexed desktop search platform created by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows. Windows Search builds a full-text index of files on a computer. Searches are performed not only on file names, but also on......

7. ack

ack Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. ack is intelligent about the files it searches. It knows about certain file types, based on both the extension on the file and, in some cases, the contents of the file.Ack ignores backup......

8. 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......

9. Agent Ransack

Agent Ransack Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!Agent Ransack provides compelling advantages over similar......

10. ANGRYsearch

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

11. FileSearchy

FileSearchy File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.......

12. SearchUnit

SearchUnit Unlimited SearchingNo restrictions on; number of searches, index size, document limit or file types you can index.Best UX availableOur latest AJAX based end user interface is smooth and quick, exactly what users will expect.Craft a custom experienceBuild the best internal search for your app. by using our open API and......

13. RecentX

RecentX RecentX gives you fastest access to your files, folders, programs, websites and also clipboard history in Windows. What's special is that it automatically remembers your recent and favorite items so that you can access them faster than searching all the files, folders etc. You can assign tags to all of......

14. Search GT

Search GT Fully integrated with Windows Explorer, Search GT is a light and fast replacement for Windows built-in file search engine that parses the MFT instead of indexing files in the background. This results in a negligible footprint on system performance and in always up-to-date search results.Search GT also features customizable search......

15. Batch File Replace

Batch File Replace Search and replace text and raw bytes in multiple files.- Includes multi-line text search & replace with wildcards, case-sensitivity, and match selection options.- Full support for Regular Expressions with syntax highlighting and match substitutions.- Built-in hex editor allows for easy entry of binary data to search & replace bytes.- Perform......