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When comparing EasyFind vs Recoll, the Slant community recommends EasyFind for most people. In the question“What are the best alternatives to Spotlight, for searching files on a Mac?” EasyFind is ranked 7th while Recoll is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Reliable, always just works
Pro Includes all the files Spotlight won't show
Pro Finds text inside zip files
Pro Python language integration
Python extension for Python 2 and Python 3.
Pro Repositories and packaged binaries available
Can be easily installed through official repositories for popular distros, or alternatively it can also be built from source.
Cons
Con Crashes often
It seems to force-shut very often.
Con Used to work magnificently connecting AFP but no longer works with SMB
Con Flawed search
Two term search fails to find documents that contain the second term that are found by searching for the first of those terms.
Con Does not index all document types natively
Since it does not index all file types natively, it may need extensions and plugins to be able to find them.