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Fluent Search vs EverythingPowerToys: catalog facts
Fluent Search	EverythingPowerToys
Best for: Windows users who want one keyboard search for everything on the PC	Best for: Windows users who already use PowerToys Run and Everything and want one search box
Free Free download; the site does not list a price.	Free Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License 2.0.
Windows	Windows
Searches files, apps, tabs, history and windows in one place Keyboard-only Screen Search for on-screen elements All 4 strengths for Fluent Search Searches files, apps, tabs, history and windows in one place Keyboard-only Screen Search for on-screen elements Installer, portable and Store builds for x64 and ARM64 Extensible with community plugins	Brings fast Everything filename search into PowerToys Run Builds for both x64 and ARM64 Windows All 3 strengths for EverythingPowerToys Brings fast Everything filename search into PowerToys Run Builds for both x64 and ARM64 Windows Actively maintained with recent commits
Windows only Source code is not published	Requires both PowerToys and Everything to be installed Windows only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: EPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Fluent Search fluentsearch.net Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for EverythingPowerToys github.com/lin-ycv/EverythingPowerToys Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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