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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mythicsoft Agent Ransack vs Fluent Search, the Slant community recommends Mythicsoft Agent Ransack for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop search tools for Windows?” Mythicsoft Agent Ransack is ranked 3rd while Fluent Search is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Mythicsoft Agent Ransack is:
No silly indexing of your file system required.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Saves disk space by not indexing files
No silly indexing of your file system required.
Pro Fast search for text or regex in files
The app is multi threaded to search through your files.
Pro Best free app for non indexed searches of text and MS Office files
Top free tool for non-indexed searches for files and contents. Boolean and regex options. Searches MS Office files using Ifilters.
The paid for version, Filelocator Pro, offers many enhancements eg combined boolean and regex searches, multiple search tabs, ability to toggle back to previous search results, and has inbuilt index searching as an option.
Pro Will search across attached drives
Pro Search inside SAS file
The app search inside every type of file created by SAS, even the catalog and the tables.
Pro Customizable
Most things can be tweaked, including the interface, the default search engines, the prioritization of search results, the search tags, and more.
Pro Modern
The developer works for Microsoft and is already developing with an eye toward Windows 11 (while maintaining functionality under Windows 10)
Pro Powerful filename search
It has a built-in indexer, but can also use others (including Everything)
Pro Active development
The developer is very responsive to the community, and releases new versions on a regular basis
Pro Free
There are no ads, and no paid version
Pro Plugin system
Users can develop their own plugins to extend the functionality
Cons
Con No FTP
It's non integrated an ftp client to connect to remote server
Con Potentially lower search speed due to not indexing files
