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DocFetcherClapgrep
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Linux
  • Searches inside archives as well as documents
  • Portable mode carries the index alongside the files
  • Searches inside PDF files as well as plain text
  • Searches a whole folder in one pass
  • Java application with a dated interface
  • Indexing large collections is slow and the index takes real disk space
  • Linux only
  • Small project maintained by a single developer
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: EPL-1.0 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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