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Agent Ransack vs dnGrep: catalog facts
Agent Ransack	dnGrep
Freemium Agent Ransack is free. FileLocator Pro, with indexing and scripting, is paid.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Windows	Windows
No index to build, so a search on a new folder starts instantly Regular expression and boolean queries with matched lines shown inline	Searches both ordinary text and supported document formats
Unindexed searching is slow across very large volumes Office content search, indexing and scripting are FileLocator Pro features	Available for Windows only.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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