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Focus: app launcher and shortcuts. Shares file search and windows with Everything. Freemium (Everything: Free). Rated 4.6 (Everything: 4.8).
Desktop AppFree planWindows
4.6Visit
Desktop App
Everything
An instant file search tool that finds files on Windows as you type.
Rating
4.8 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Beginner
Works on
Windows, Offline
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What is Everything?
Everything is a free file search tool for Windows from voidtools that indexes file and folder names in seconds and shows results instantly as you type. It is small, uses few resources, and supports wildcards, regular expressions, bookmarks and searching other computers over the network.
Pros: what Everything does well
- Near-instant results
- Very light on memory
- Advanced search syntax
Cons: where it falls short
- Windows only
- Searches names, not file contents, by default
Who Everything is for
Windows users who waste time hunting for files in folders or slow system search.
Who can skip it
Mac and Linux users, or people who keep very few files.
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