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Awesome File Hosts is a searchable web platform that provides access to a curated dataset of verified file hosting services, along with a transparent public review queue for pending and rejected entries. The dataset tracks 461 file hosting services in total, with 254 verified hosts and 207 documented rejections as of the snapshot. It uses a JSON-first structure, source-backed verification for all entries, advanced filtering options and open contribution guidelines, with the full dataset available on GitHub.

Sigma File Manager

github.com

Sigma File Manager is a free, open-source file manager for Windows and Linux. Its features include a smart global search with typo correction, tabs, split view, and an extensions marketplace. It supports LAN file sharing with browser access and FTP, zip archives, and tags, and can replace File Explorer for most everyday actions on Windows.

AstroGrep

sourceforge.net

AstroGrep is a Microsoft Windows GUI file searching utility based on grep. Its features include regular expressions, recursive directory searching, concurrent multiple file types, a context feature that selects lines above and below the search expression, and exporting and printing options. It also stores recently used file names, file types and search expressions.

Sigma

sigma-file-manager.vercel.app

Sigma File Manager is a free, open-source file manager (explorer) app for Windows and Linux. It offers advanced file search, drag and drop, a dual pane view, a built-in file viewer, archiving and compression, and a customizable interface with color schemes and layout options. The project describes itself as quickly evolving.

dnGrep

dngrep.github.io

dnGrep is a search tool for Windows that searches across text files, Word and Excel documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. It includes search-and-replace in text files, whole-file preview, right-click search in File Explorer, and result file management. It runs on Windows 10, 11, or Windows Server and may be incompatible with Windows Smart App Control.

Fileinfo

fileinfo.com

FileInfo.com is a searchable database of over 10,000 file extensions with information about the associated file types. It allows users to look up unknown file types and find programs that open the files.

Multi Commander

multicommander.com

Multi Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager for Windows that uses a dual-panel layout as an alternative to Windows Explorer. It offers standard copy, move, rename and view operations plus archive browsing, FTP access, registry editing, file search, a MultiRename tool, scripting and plug-ins. File operations run in the background.

Total Commander

ghisler.com

Total Commander is a shareware file manager replacement for Windows, featuring two file windows side by side, enhanced search, file comparison, archive handling, a built-in FTP client with FTPS support, a multi-rename tool and a tabbed interface.

DoubleCMD

doublecmd.sourceforge.io

Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and includes an internal text editor, a file viewer for hex, binary or text formats, archive handling, extended search with full text search, and support for Total Commander plug-ins. It offers FTP, FTPS, FTPES, SSH+SCP and SFTP protocols support, a multi-rename tool and a tabbed interface.

Gofi

github.com

Gofi is a web file indexer and manager written in Go, with a React frontend. It offers file management features such as resumable chunk uploads, folders, rename, copy, move, batch deletion and indexed search. Configuration is done through environment variables.

superfile is a modern terminal file manager built with Go and Bubble Tea. It focuses on user interface, functionality and ease of use, and offers file copy, move, delete, rename, fuzzy search, bulk operations and image preview.

Filetype search tool

aware-online.com

Filetype search tool is a custom open source intelligence (OSINT) tool built for searching specific file types on the internet. It supports searches for DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, and TXT file formats, and requires users to input one or more keywords and select a target file format to execute a search.

Recoll

recoll.org

Recoll is a desktop document search application for Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows and MacOS, built on the Xapian search engine library. It finds documents based on their contents as well as their file names and can search most document formats. The software is free on Linux, open source, and licensed under the GPL.

DocFetcher

docfetcher.sourceforge.io

DocFetcher is an open-source desktop search application that searches the contents of files stored on a computer. It runs on Windows, Linux and macOS under the Eclipse Public License. Users create indexes for folders to search, and results include a text-only preview with highlighted matches and filters by filesize, file type and location.

PowerRename

learn.microsoft.com

PowerRename is a Windows utility from PowerToys for bulk file renaming. It performs search-and-replace and regular expression renames across multiple selected files, shows expected results in a preview window before finalizing, and allows the operation to be undone after completion. Options include matching all occurrences and case sensitivity, with application limited to filename or extension.

Everything

voidtools.com

Everything is a Windows file search utility that locates files and folders by name instantly. It offers quick filename indexing, quick searching, minimal resource usage and real-time updating. It can be installed or run as a portable executable, with installer and portable ZIP builds available for download.

fess

github.com

Fess is an open-source, self-hosted enterprise and site search server built on OpenSearch, installable on any platform with a Java runtime. A built-in crawler collects documents from web sites, file systems, and data stores such as databases and CSV files. It is configured through a browser-based administration UI and offers a REST API.

FileRise

github.com

FileRise is a self-hosted web file manager and storage hub written in PHP. It provides per-folder ACLs, drag-and-drop and resumable uploads, file and folder sharing links, tags and search, and in-browser previews. It supports WebDAV access, optional folder-level encryption at rest, and OnlyOffice integration. A no-database setup is described, with Docker or a standard Linux PHP web server as deployment options.

MrOwl

mrowl.com

MrOwl describes itself as a social cloud storage platform. It offers free unlimited cloud storage for content shared with the world, with free unlimited files in public branches up to 20MB per file; files over 20MB count toward private storage. It also allows searching cloud and computer files together with the internet, and connecting and collaborating with a community.

OCR.SPACE

ocr.space

OCR.space is a hosted online OCR service that converts images and PDF documents into editable text and can create searchable PDF files. It is free to use without registration, accepts JPG, PNG, GIF and PDF files, and supports multi-page documents and multi-column text. The free tier limits files to 5MB per document, and uploaded files and extracted text are deleted immediately after processing.

Orange

0-range.github.io

Orange is a cross-platform desktop application for searching local files. It offers tokenization and auto completion, monitors file system changes in real time, and provides millisecond-level search with low memory and CPU resource usage.

OxiCloud

github.com

OxiCloud is a self-hosted cloud storage project written in Rust for files, photos, calendars and contacts. It includes built-in WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV protocols, plus files, previews, sharing, trash, search, favorites and recent items. Deployment options include Docker Compose, a Helm chart and a Nix module.

Pea Zip

github.com

PeaZip is a free archive manager utility for BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows, offered as an open-source alternative to proprietary software and also available as a portable package not requiring installation. It works with 200+ archive types and variants, handles spanned archives, and provides a file manager with search, duplicate file detection and integrated viewers.

Cross-platform application intended to create and edit .torrent and uTorrent .dat files. It can create a .torrent file from scratch, add or remove files, and change torrent information such as name, comment, publisher, url, creation date, trackers and author. It supports a command line mode and is portable.