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KFind vs DocFetcher: catalog facts
KFindDocFetcher
Free

Free and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later.

Free

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

Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Searches by name, type or file content
  • Integrated with Dolphin and KRunner
  • Searches inside archives as well as documents
  • Portable mode carries the index alongside the files
  • Fits best on a KDE Plasma desktop
  • Linux only
  • Java application with a dated interface
  • Indexing large collections is slow and the index takes real disk space
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later License: EPL-1.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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