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Dismiss alert {{ message }} cboxdoerfer / fsearch Public * * Notifications * Fork 196 * Star 2.7k A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3 License GPL-2.0 license 2.7k stars 196 forks Activity Star Notifications * Code * Issues 117 * Pull requests 1 * Discussions * Actions * Wiki * Security * Insights Additional navigation options * Code * Issues * Pull requests * Discussions * Actions * Wiki * Security * Insights cboxdoerfer/fsearch This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. master Switch branches/tags [ ] Branches Tags Could not load branches Nothing to show {{ refName }} default View all branches Could not load tags Nothing to show {{ refName }} default View all tags Name already in use A tag already exists with the provided branch name. Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behavior. Are you sure you want to create this branch? 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Type Name Latest commit message Commit time .github Update build_test.yml May 2, 2023 19:21 copr Update metainfo November 2, 2022 21:25 data Add information, about app being not optimized for small screens November 2, 2022 21:25 debian debian: add appstream package as build dependency November 4, 2022 09:54 help Fix typos October 19, 2022 18:54 po Translated using Weblate (Basque) December 2, 2023 16:05 snap Update metainfo November 2, 2022 21:25 src Merge pull request #496 from Kakueeen/master August 27, 2023 10:31 .editorconfig Add EditorConfig configuration November 2, 2022 21:25 .gitignore Update .gitignore November 2, 2022 21:25 CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTING: update August 22, 2022 14:46 LICENSE Add proper license text November 2, 2022 21:25 NEWS NEWS: update to 0.3.alpha0 August 18, 2022 17:32 README.md fix some typos September 3, 2022 01:19 TODO.md Update TODO.md February 26, 2023 10:26 fsearch.doap Add Description of a Project (DOAP) November 2, 2022 21:25 meson.build Add offline help October 19, 2022 14:52 meson_options.txt build: add OBS channel support August 22, 2022 14:46 View code [ ] Features Requirements Download Roadmap Build Instructions Localization Current Limitations Why yet another search utility? Looking for a command line interface? Why GTK3 and not Qt5? Questions? README.md Build Status Translation status FSearch is a fast file search utility, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK3. * For bug reports and feature requests please use the issue tracker: https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/issues * For discussions and questions about FSearch use the discussion forum: https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/discussions * For everything else related to FSearch you can talk to me on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#fsearch:matrix.org [02-main_wi] [01-main_wi] Features * Instant (as you type) results * Advanced search syntax * Wildcard support * RegEx support * Filter support (only search for files, folders or everything) * Include and exclude specific folders to be indexed * Ability to exclude certain files/folders from index using wildcard expressions * Fast sort by filename, path, size or modification time * Customizable interface (e.g., switch between traditional UI with menubar and client-side decorations) Requirements * GTK 3.18 * GLib 2.50 * glibc 2.19 or musl 1.1.15 (other C standard libraries might work too, those are just the ones I verified) * PCRE2 (libpcre2) * ICU 3.8 Download It is recommended to install FSearch from one of the Stable packages, unless you know what you're doing. The Development packages are primarily intended for testing and adventurous users. Distribution Stable Development Ubuntu PPA Stable PPA Daily Arch Linux AUR AUR (git) Fedora/RHEL/CentOS COPR Stable COPR Nightly Debian OpenBuildService openSUSE OpenBuildService Flatpak (limited features) Flathub Solus* Solus Repository FreeBSD* FreshPorts (*) Not maintained by me Roadmap https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/wiki/Roadmap Build Instructions https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/wiki/Build-instructions Localization The localization of FSearch is managed with Weblate. https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fsearch/ If you want to contribute translations please submit them there, instead of opening pull requests on GitHub. This also includes any suggestions to the English texts -- English isn't my first language, so there are likely errors and unusual wordings. Instructions can be found here: https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/ user/basic.html And of course: Thank you for taking the time to translate FSearch! Current Limitations * Sorting lots of results by Type can be very slow, since gathering that information is expensive, and the data isn't indexed. This also means that when the view is sorted by Type, searching will reset the sort order to Name. * Using the Move to Trash option doesn't update the database index, so trashed files/folders show up in the result list as if nothing happened to them. Why yet another search utility? Performance. On Windows I really like to use Everything Search Engine. It provides instant results as you type for all your files and lots of useful features (regex, filters, bookmarks, ...). On Linux I couldn't find anything that's even remotely as fast and powerful. Before I started working on FSearch, I took a look at existing solutions. I tried MATE Search Tool (formerly GNOME Search Tool), Recoll, Krusader (locate based search), SpaceFM File Search, Nautilus, ANGRYsearch and Catfish, to find out whether it makes sense to improve those. However, they're not exactly what I was looking for: * standalone application (not part of a file manager) * written in a language with C like performance * no dependencies to any specific desktop environment * Qt5 or GTK3 based * small memory usage (both hard drive and RAM) * target audience: advanced users Looking for a command line interface? I highly recommend fzf or the obvious tools: find and (m)locate Why GTK3 and not Qt5? I like both of them, and my long term goal is to provide console, GTK3 and Qt5 interfaces, or at least make it easy for others to build those. However, for the time being it's only GTK3 because I like C more than C++, and I'm more familiar with GTK development. Questions? Email: christian.boxdoerfer[AT]posteo.de About A fast file search utility for Unix-like systems based on GTK3 Topics search-engine file-search Resources Readme License GPL-2.0 license Activity Stars 2.7k stars Watchers 75 watching Forks 196 forks Report repository Releases 12 Patch Release: 0.2.3 Latest Aug 5, 2023 + 11 releases Sponsor this project * * https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TTXBUD7PMZXN2 Learn more about GitHub Sponsors Packages 0 No packages published Contributors 108 * @cboxdoerfer * @weblate * @Vistaus * @napcok * @veksha * @yarons * @Ser82-png * @Art-2 * @torbei * @pixel96x * @comradekingu * @AtilioA * @oersen * @welaq + 94 contributors Languages * C 98.7% * Other 1.3% Footer (c) 2023 GitHub, Inc. Footer navigation * Terms * Privacy * Security * Status * Docs * Contact * You can't perform that action at this time.