Looking for an alternative to FileSearchy?
Get to know Lookeen. If you are looking for a FileSearchy alternative, you want to search files and their content quickly – without leaving emails and archives out.
Why Lookeen for content, not just file names
What Lookeen does differently and what that means for your daily work.
Review content without opening files
Results open straight in the preview – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and images – with search terms highlighted, and you can jump from match to match.
Hits right in the preview
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and images open in the preview with search terms highlighted. Duplicate emails are grouped.
Scanned documents become searchable
OCR makes text in scans, faxes and image PDFs findable without changing the originals. With Lookeen Server, recognition can run locally.
Almost 100 file formats
Office and LibreOffice, PDF, text, images, CAD files, archives and source code – Lookeen searches files by content, not just by name. You decide which types are indexed.
Typical use cases
This is where Lookeen plays to its strengths, each with its own page and details.
File servers & network drives
Find documents by content, with filters for path, type and date.
Frequently asked questions
What to know before you switch from FileSearchy to Lookeen.
Is Lookeen an alternative to FileSearchy?
Lookeen searches files by name and content in almost 100 formats and includes Outlook, Exchange and PST archives – with preview, filters and search syntax.
Does Lookeen show where the match is in the document?
Yes. All hits are highlighted in the preview; for multi-page documents you can page through and zoom.
Which file formats does Lookeen search?
Almost 100 formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, LibreOffice, RTF, HTML, images, CAD files, archives and source code. File names are always searchable; you decide which types are indexed by content.
Does Lookeen support complex queries?
Yes: exact phrases, proximity (e.g. "contract termination"~5), fuzzy search, wildcards, AND/OR/NOT, searches in document properties and by date – combinable with filters.
Does Lookeen work with network drives and file servers?
Yes. Lookeen Desktop searches local and network drives; Lookeen Server indexes file servers centrally for all users and respects file permissions.
Can I try Lookeen for free?
Yes. You can test the full functionality of Lookeen free for 14 days – with your own data.
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