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Clapgrep – app to search through all your files

Clapgrep is a GUI utility which lets you search through your files.

Open the folder with Clapgrep, enter the search term, and Clapgrep will do all the hard work of finding out on which page / line in which file the information is that you are looking for.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Search text files, office files, and PDF files.
  • Ripgrep based full-text search.
  • Various search options:
    • Case sensitive
    • Disable regex
    • Include hidden
    • Include ignored.
  • Shows the number of searched files and the number of matches.
  • App remember whether searches should include PDF and office files.
  • Internationalization support.

Website: github.com/luleyleo/clapgrep
Support:
Developer: Leopold Luley
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Clapgrep in action
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Clapgrep is written in Rust and Python. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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Jakub
Jakub
1 year ago

The program seems somewhat buggy in use. Quite often it just hangs and doesn’t complete the search.