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Found

Found provides a lightning-fast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your Mac and personal cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive/Docs, and Gmail (attachments).

With a double tap of the control key, Found slides out to reveal its unique Palette user interface. Start typing and get immediate results with an instant, full-sized preview of nearly any file, even files in the cloud.

Press coverage:
"The key to Found is speed." --ReadWriteWeb
"Once you install it on your computer, looking for things in Found quickly becomes second nature." --TechCrunch
"Being able to preview all of the files fitting a search criteria without changing browsers or windows is pretty awesome." --TheNextWeb
"…people store so much personal data in the "cloud," that [just] searching your own local computer…kind of misses the point." --CNET
"…there are some nice touches that reflect smart, careful design…" --VentureBeat

Key features:
* Get back to the file you just downloaded or were recently using by typing a few characters
* Quickly look up a file and glance at its contents without having to dig through Finder and launch an application
* No need to log into Google Drive/Docs or Gmail just to look at or re-download a file/attachment
* Drag and drop search results into local folders as copies or emails as attachments
* Search and preview files whether you're online or offline

What sources does Found search?
* Your Mac's Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures folders
* Dropbox - autodetects it on your Mac
* Google Drive/Docs and Gmail attachments - attach multiple Google accounts, both personal and Google Apps accounts

How does search work in Found?
* Immediately responsive, character-by-character search
* Search using just partial word prefixes - the whole word is rarely necessary. Type 'mov' for results with 'movie', 'move', and 'moving'.
* No hard-to-remember query commands to learn - type 'pdf' to look up PDF documents or 'alan' for Google Drive/Docs shared with Alan
* Found indexes each file's name, path, and, if applicable, email from/to/subject fields or Google Drive/Docs last-modified-by name

How secure and private is Found?
* All your logins and passwords are securely stored in encrypted form in your Mac's Keychain
* Found connects your Mac directly to your personal cloud services with no intermediary to index your personal data
* All searching is done locally on your Mac. No server is involved.

Find out more at foundapp.com.

Best Open Source Found Alternatives

In our list of best programs, we'll review some different alternatives to Found. Let's see if your platform is supported by any of them.

ueli

ueli

FreeOpen SourceMacWindows

Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an...

Features:

  • Program Launchers
  • Launcher
  • Web searching
  • File Searching
  • Portable
Krunner

Krunner

FreeOpen SourceLinux

Krunner is a multi-function command line menu for the KDE Plasma Desktop. At times, it almost seems as you could manage all your computing from Krunner. Among other...

Features:

  • Program Launchers
  • File Searching
  • Launcher
Flashlight

Flashlight

FreeOpen SourceMac

An unofficial Spotlight API that allows you to programmatically process queries and add additional results.

Features:

  • Program Launchers
  • Launcher
  • Python
Steward

Steward

FreeOpen SourceChrome OSChrome

a command launcher with extension management/app launcher/tab management/history search/alfred

Features:

  • Google Chrome Extensions
  • Extensions

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