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fselect vs ES (Everything Command Line Interface): catalog facts
fselect	ES (Everything Command Line Interface)
Best for: People who find SQL easier to write than find expressions	Best for: Windows users who want Everything's fast file search inside scripts and the terminal
Free Free and open source, dual licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.	Free Free download from voidtools, with source published under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Readable SQL-like queries instead of find flags Subqueries and aggregate functions All 3 strengths for fselect Readable SQL-like queries instead of find flags Subqueries and aggregate functions Can compare results across several directories	Uses Everything's index for near-instant results Full Everything search syntax from the console All 3 strengths for ES (Everything Command Line Interface) Uses Everything's index for near-instant results Full Everything search syntax from the console Sorting, formatting and export options for scripts
Not a complete replacement for find and ls Query grammar is SQL-like but not real SQL	Requires Everything to be installed and running Windows only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for fselect github.com/jhspetersson/fselect Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for ES (Everything Command Line Interface) voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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