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Desktop search engines
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| Name |
Platform |
Remarks |
License |
|---|
| HP Autonomy |
Windows |
IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search, HP Autonomy Universal Search.[5] |
Proprietary, commercial |
| Copernic Desktop Search |
Windows |
Major desktop search program. The full trial version downgrades after the trial period automatically to the free version, which is (anno 2018) limited to indexing a maximum of 10.000 files.
|
Proprietary (30 day trial) |
| DocFetcher |
Cross-platform |
Open-source desktop search tool for Windows and Linux, based on Apache Lucene |
Eclipse Public |
| dtSearch Desktop |
Windows |
|
Proprietary (30 day trial) |
| Everything |
Windows |
Find files and folders by name instantly on NTFS volumes |
Freeware |
| Found |
macOS |
Searches for files stored locally, and the cloud and inbox and, is summoned with a double-tap of the ctrl key. Program now discontinued. |
Free, proprietary |
| GNOME Storage |
Linux |
Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux |
GPL |
| Google Desktop |
Linux, macOS, Windows |
Integrates with main Google search engine page; discontinued by Google September 14, 2011 |
Freeware |
| ISYS Search Software |
Windows |
ISYS:Desktop search software |
Proprietary (14-day trial) |
| KRunner |
Linux |
|
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| Locate32 |
Windows |
Graphical port of Unix's locate & updatedb |
BSD[6] |
| Lookeen |
Windows |
Desktop search product with Outlook plugin and limited support for other formats via IFilters, uses Lucene search engine. |
Proprietary (14-day trial)[7] |
| Nepomuk |
Linux |
Open-source semantic desktop search tool for Linux. Has been replaced by Baloo in KDE Applications from release 4.13 onward. |
Mix of SA 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation v1.2 |
| Recoll |
Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS |
Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux |
GPL[8] |
| Spotlight |
macOS |
Found in Apple macOS "Tiger" and later OS X releases. |
Proprietary |
| Strigi |
Linux, Unix, Solaris, macOS, Windows |
Cross-platform open-source desktop search engine. Unmaintained since 2011-06-02[9]. |
LGPL v2[10] |
| Terrier Search Engine |
Linux, macOS, Unix |
Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X Tiger, Unix/Linux. |
Mozilla Public v1.1[11] |
| Tracker |
Linux, Unix |
Open-source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux |
GPL v2[12] |
| Tropes Zoom |
Windows |
Semantic Search Engine (no longer available)[13] |
Freeware and commercial |
| Unity Dash |
Linux |
Was part of Ubuntu Desktop |
GPL v3,[14] LGPL v2.1[15] |
| Windows Search |
Windows |
Part of Windows Vista and later OSs. Available as Windows Desktop Search for Windows XP and Server 2003. Does not support indexing UNC paths on x86-64 systems. |
Proprietary |
| X1 Desktop Search |
Windows |
Major desktop search product along with Copernic Desktop Search |
Proprietary (14-day trial)[16] |
| Wumpus |
Cross platform |
Desktop search focused on information retrieval research |
GPL |
Child-safe search engines
Open-source search engines
P2P search engines
| Name | Language |
| Seeks (open-source) | English |
| YaCy (free and fully decentralized) | Multilingual |
Social and environmental focus
Semantic browsing engines
| Name | Description | Speciality |
| Evi | Specialises in knowledge base and semantic search | answer engine |
| Yummly | Semantic web search for food, cooking, and recipes | food related |
Defunct or acquired search engines
References
- ↑ "Kurdish Swede creates first Kurdish search engine". Bas News. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "First Kurdish Search Engine, Egerin, Is Launched". SBWire. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "This Entrepreneur Wants to Build a Kurdish Alternative to Google". Vice.com. 18 March 2016.
- ↑ Sullivan, Danny (April 18, 2007). "Goodbye Froogle, Hello Google Product Search!". Search Engine Land. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "HP Universal Search". Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ↑ "Download Locate32 3.1.11.7100". softpedia. 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "Lookeen 10". Lookeen. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ According to Recoll
- ↑ See "Strigi's Release Files". Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ↑ COPYING inside version 0.5.10 tar.bz2 package.
- ↑ "Terrier License". GitHub. 13 November 2021.
- ↑ According to COPYING Deprecated link archived 2012-07-14 at archive.today in SVN trunk.
- ↑ "Retrieved 15 August 2015". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Unity on GitHub". GitHub. 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Required License Files". GitHub. 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "X1 Search 8". X1 Technologies. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ "At Togoda, we are revolutionizing the search experience through advanced thematic AI exploration. | Togoda AI Search Engine". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ "Togoda Search Engine - The Educated Choice for Search". Togoda. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ "Farewell Gigablast (for now?)". blog.mojeek.com.
- ↑ Li, Roland (May 2, 2026). "East Bay internet pioneer Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, shuts down". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Data, Data, Everywhere Data. Now a Better Way to Understand It". 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "Il dominio Volunia.it è in vendita". MRW.it News. 11 April 2014.
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