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About Listary
Listary indexes your drives and finds files as you type, ordering results by your habits rather than alphabetically. Fuzzy matching means a few characters usually land on what you wanted, and the same box launches applications, runs web searches and executes commands.
Its distinctive trick is integration with other programs: inside a Save As or Open dialog in any application, Listary lets you jump to a folder by typing its name rather than clicking through the tree, and it can follow the folder your file manager is already showing. That is the feature people stay for.
There is a free version and a paid Pro version that adds further features; the vendor also sells a separate full-text search product called Gety.
Strengths
- Results ordered by your habits, with fuzzy matching that usually lands first try
- Works inside Save As and Open dialogs in other applications, which is genuinely rare
- Searches the whole drive instantly once indexed
- Launches apps, runs web searches and executes commands from the same box
Limitations
- Windows only
- Closed source
- Some features are held back for the paid Pro version
- Full-text search inside documents is a separate paid product
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumA free version covers file search and app launching. Listary Pro is a paid upgrade with additional features, and the related Gety full-text search product is sold separately.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Bopsoft / Channing
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Finding files and jumping to folders on Windows without leaving the keyboard
- Categories
- App launchers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Utilities); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.
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