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Add to SafariWhen comparing GrepWin vs Voidtools Everything, the Slant community recommends Voidtools Everything for most people. In the question“What are the best Windows tools for finding files?” Voidtools Everything is ranked 1st while GrepWin is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Voidtools Everything is:
Full installation is not necessary, you can run as portable.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Free and open source
GrepWin is completely free and open source. It's released under GPL.
Pro RegEx support
Pro Portable Version
A portable version without installation is available.
Pro Can search hidden directories/files
GrepWin can also search for hidden directories or files with no problem.
Pro Small and portable
Full installation is not necessary, you can run as portable.
Pro Quick searching and minimal resource usage
Pro Can filter results by type
You can specify whether you are searching for a file, folder, video, photo, etc.
Pro Quick shortcuts possible
Easily open a new tab of everything OR AND bring your already open window to the foreground. F.E. ALT+L can be used to easily bring the search indexer in keyreach.
Pro Ability to search using REGEX
Cons
Con Can only search .txt files
Con No way to export the results
If one wishes to export the results from grep into a text file or any other format, there's no way to do it with GrepWin.
