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Ultrafast, super lite file search on Windows, Voidtools "Everything": https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/

I haven't touched the Windows Search utility since I found it.

Everything paired with AstroGrep (or your favorite grep program) is the ultimate pair for searching on Windows. We pretty much force new devs to install these otherwise we watch them struggle for way too long.

Everything is a godsend and ought to be built into Windows.

Agent Ransack (free for commercial use) and FileLocator Pro (paid, has near-instant indexed search) are the go to grep alternatives for Windows on my dev team. https://www.mythicsoft.com/

I also hear VS Code has ripgrep built in, but I haven’t used it extensively.

I use RipGrep with it.

I switched to linux a long time ago so now i use plocate, but on windows everything was a must! Also directory opus was a nice file manager, not sure if there's a new/better foss alternative yet.

Yup, Everything is a godsend. It also makes it more likely for me to download a portable exe instead of a full install because I can quick search for the exe, where as windows search struggles.

Everything combined with Wox

I use Launchy which I really like.

Loved Wox. Try Fluentsearch.

That's a gorgeous app, thank you!

Update: Just tried it, I think I'll stick to Wox, Wox feels "snappy".

I have been using listary but this looks amazing!

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