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Spec sheet

Purpose
FSearch is a fast file search utility for Unix-like systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Platforms
The project lists packages for Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora/RHEL/CentOS, Debian, openSUSE, Flatpak, Solus, and FreeBSD.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support
The README directs bug reports and feature requests to GitHub Issues, questions and discussions to GitHub Discussions, and other FSearch matters to Matrix.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
License
The GitHub repository identifies the project license as GPL-2.0.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Dependencies
The listed requirements include GTK 3.22, GLib 2.60, glibc 2.19 or musl 1.1.15, PCRE2 10.21, and ICU 4.4.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Flatpak limitation
The project marks its Flatpak package as having limited features.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Implementation
It is written in C and based on GTK3.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Index controls
Users can include or exclude specific folders from indexing and exclude files or folders using wildcard expressions.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Intended audience
The maker describes advanced users as the target audience and says the project is intended as a standalone search application.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Live results
Search results appear instantly as the user types.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Search options
It supports advanced search syntax, wildcards, regular expressions, and filters for files, folders, or both.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Sorting
Results can be sorted by filename, path, size, or modification time.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Sorting limitation
Sorting many results by type can be very slow because type information is expensive to gather and is not indexed.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com
Trash limitation
Moving files or folders to Trash does not update the database index, so they may continue to appear in results.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

FSearch Free GPL-2.0 licensed · Stable and development packages · Flatpak has limited features Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

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