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SwiftSearch VS mlocate

Compare SwiftSearch VS mlocate and see what are their differences

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SwiftSearch logo SwiftSearch

SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need...

mlocate logo mlocate

Indexes filesystems allowing you to search for files.
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    2023-04-27
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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SwiftSearch and mlocate)

SwiftSearch

mlocate

File Manager
68 68%
File Manager
32% 32
Note Taking
46 46%
Note Taking
54% 54
Clipboard Manager
79 79%
Clipboard Manager
21% 21
Bookmarks
100 100%
Bookmarks
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, SwiftSearch seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 5 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

SwiftSearch mentions (5)

  • Ask HN: Why is on-device search terrible?
    There's this, which I haven't tried: https://github.com/ChrisS85/FastFileSearch. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • I opened up my pc and my game was gone. It said it could not be found and when i searched I couldn't find the application. I downloaded it from FitGirl repacks and the game is elden ring.
    You could try using SwiftSearch to see if you can find the files somewhere in your computer. It too believe that it was probably win defender being funny and simply deleted every trace of it though. Source: over 1 year ago
  • LPT: Frustrated by a slow Windows search? Go to your Control Panel and open "Indexing Options", then click Modify. It's possible your C: drive has not been indexed. Index your files and you searches will be instant.
    SwiftSearch is an awesome app that loads the whole NTFS table in on all connected drive, and searches virtually instantly. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • LPT: On Windows machines, in "indexing options" set it to your entire hard drive(s). This will greatly increase the speed of searching for files.
    LPT: Get swiftsearch it's a million times faster than the windows search function. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • BOOKMARKS LOST
    I'd use a file system wide search tool like everything or wizfile or swiftsearch or whatever other tool you prefer and look for those files as if multiple profiles are in use they might be somewhere else. Source: almost 3 years ago

mlocate mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of mlocate yet. Tracking of mlocate recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SwiftSearch and mlocate, you can also consider the following products

Everything by Voidtools - Everything. Locate files and folders by name instantly. Everything. Small installation file. Clean and simple user interface.

GNU Find Utilities - The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system.

DocFetcher - DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application.

NTFS-Search - This tool enables users to search their NTFS formatted harddrives within seconds.

Agent Ransack - Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently.

fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.

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