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What is Desktop Search Software?

Desktop search software is a tool that indexes the contents of a user’s computer—such as files, documents, emails, images, and archives—to enable rapid and precise searching across various data types. By building an index, these tools allow for lightning-fast queries, often supporting filters by file type, date, and content keywords. They commonly offer features like content preview, search result management (e.g., tagging or bookmarking), and compatibility with multiple formats including PDFs, Office files, archives, and more. Desktop search tools improve productivity by reducing the manual effort needed to locate files, serving professionals, researchers, students, and everyday users alike. They are designed to provide accurate, fast, and organized results, often operating silently in the background while keeping the index updated in real time. Compare and read user reviews of the best Desktop Search software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Crestadoro

    Crestadoro

    Brynner Industries

    Crestadoro is a networkable file indexing and search tool. You can install it on multiple Windows machines, create libraries of documents that reside on each machine, then search and access the files from anywhere on your network. You can install Crestadoro on as many machines as you like, both the indexing engine and the search client are easy to set up. You can optionally use SQL Server to store the data if you don't want to use the internal storage mechanism that comes as standard (though it is pretty wizzy!). The Community Edition is completely free to use, you can have as many libraries as you want, the only limitation is that each library can only hold a maximum of 100 documents. Crestadoro is named in honor of Andrea Crestadoro, a chap who lived a couple of hundred years ago who is generally considered to be the first person to come up with the idea of indexing a book by its content rather than its title. He was also an inventor who came up with some bonkers ideas!
    3 Ratings
    Starting Price: £50
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    FileLocator Pro
    Whether it’s a line of source code, an entry in a log file, a legal brief, or even just a Christmas letter to your family, FileLocator Pro helps you find things fast. Its unique features make it possible to dig out information in even the most obscure file formats. Our client list includes many high-profile organizations. Find out why so many people are switching to FileLocator Pro today! Includes syntax highlighting for easier reading of source code, supports most programming languages. Highly efficient search algorithms mean that you spend less time waiting for results. Indexes can be created for instant searching through GB of data. Documents, images, and source code can be reviewed quickly using unique data navigation functionality. Frequently used searches can be saved as favorites for fast loading. Search through emails, contacts, calendar items over multiple PST files in one go. Share your results with others using the printing and exporting features.
    Starting Price: $44.95 one-time payment
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    SETI Finder
    Finding the exact document or record you need can be a time-consuming proposition. You might be responding to an RFP with a tight deadline and you’re having trouble finding the documents you need to pull your proposal together. Or, you might be an attorney preparing a case and finding the correct reference documents is a challenge. Or, you spend all day searching your HR or membership database, but if you make a data entry error, your software can’t find the record you’re looking for. SETI™ Finder is an intelligent tool that – in one interface – allows users to find documents on the desktop and network and records in your databases in seconds. Our fuzzy search capability is so accurate, even if you juxtapose letters or omit a number from a zip code, SETI™ still produces exact results. SETI™ can handle missing, extraneous, and incorrectly sequenced characters in both user-entered search strings as well as in the database.
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    SavantX SEEKER
    SEEKER revolutionizes the way organizations access and understand their data. With seamless integration of Generative AI, SEEKER enables frictionless access to vast knowledge repositories, providing actionable insights and uncovering hidden relationships and patterns.
    Starting Price: Enterprise Only
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