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FileLocator Pro vs DocFetcher: catalog facts
FileLocator Pro	DocFetcher
Paid A paid licence is required. The free Agent Ransack covers basic searching.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Optional index turns repeated searches into instant ones Extracts content from Office, PDF and archives, and can be scripted	Searches inside archives as well as documents Portable mode carries the index alongside the files
Paid licence per user Windows only	Java application with a dated interface Indexing large collections is slow and the index takes real disk space
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: EPL-1.0
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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