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Everything vs plocate: catalog facts
Everything	plocate
Free Freeware; the FAQ states 'Everything is Freeware. Please consider donating.' The…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Command line	Linux, Command line
Indexes only file and folder names, so a fresh Windows 11 install (about 250,000 files) indexes in about… Real-time updating via the NTFS USN Journal; changes are not missed while Everything is not running	Very fast file name lookups Smaller index than mlocate
Windows only (Windows XP through Windows 11) File content search is possible with content: but content is not indexed, so it is slow	Linux only Results are only as fresh as the last index update
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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