A key difference with Everything is it's not a weighted search, it just returns all matches sorted in whatever column is active, so less useful as a launcher (though a tip: if you press Enter it will skip to the most previously clicked result).

While the programs from this thread (at least those I'm familiar with) score results by relevancy.

>...used to be...

Still is 'pretty good' - I'd say 'above excellent', especially the portable version.

I'm actually working on a sideproject right now that can work as a Windows Explorer replacement with Everything as an indexer in the background. Among other things, this provides advantages such as that you can create virtual folders in the operating system that are based on everything queries. The latest thing I'm working on right now is being able to use plain text for searches by having an LLM AI translate plain text into everything queries. Feel free to check out the project at https://thefile.ninja or check the predemo video: https://youtu.be/JREufgkf5pk