Searchmonkey III

Spec sheet

Purpose

Searchmonkey III is a desktop tool for real-time searching of files on disk.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Privacy

Plugins process supported content locally without moving documents off the user's machine.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Command line

Searchmonkey provides a ripgrep-inspired command line with path, regex, glob, hidden-file, symlink, context, and ignore controls.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Downloads

Version 0.4.1 is offered for Linux as a portable AppImage, Windows as an installer, and macOS as a universal Intel and Apple Silicon build.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

File handling

The interface shows what was searched, skipped, filtered, or blocked by permissions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Plugin roadmap

The plugins page lists email archives, spreadsheets, and audio transcription as coming soon.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Plugins

Optional plugins add local processing for PDFs, Office documents, OCR, and other formats.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Results

Search results stream as files are searched and reflect the current state of disk.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Search model

The application searches the filesystem directly without maintaining a background index or daemon.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Search syntax

The application supports literal searches and regular expressions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Supported users

The project describes use cases including changing codebases, log inspection, large directories, and environments where background daemons are undesirable.Read 30 Sep 2026 · github.com

Technology

Searchmonkey III is built with Tauri and ripgrep and is released under the MIT license.Read 30 Sep 2026 · searchmonkey.dev

Plans and prices

Every Searchmonkey III plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Desktop Search Software#35 of 577.1