Top 15 VisualAck Alternative and Similar Softwares | May 2024

GUI to search recursively for text, using Ack, a grep like tool

1. Advanced File Finder

Advanced File Finder Generate file list of all files with specific name pattern, extension, properties and attributes, as well as text and binary content by recursively scanning specified directories and searching for matching files.- All files can then be saved to file list; copied to a new location specified using either absolute or......

2. ack

ack Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. ack is intelligent about the files it searches. It knows about certain file types, based on both the extension on the file and, in some cases, the contents of the file.Ack ignores backup......

3. The Silver Searcher

The Silver Searcher Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack that claims to be much faster. It's implemented in C and has some extra features such as ignoring files per .hignore, .gitignore contents.......

4. Search GT

Search GT Fully integrated with Windows Explorer, Search GT is a light and fast replacement for Windows built-in file search engine that parses the MFT instead of indexing files in the background. This results in a negligible footprint on system performance and in always up-to-date search results.Search GT also features customizable search......

5. Multi Replacer

Multi Replacer A very capable Windows Grep, search, replace and data extraction tool.- Search for files using powerful text matching commands called Regular Expressions.- You can search/replace one or more than one information on one or more than one file resources.- After the searcing process you can save search results (data extraction).-......

6. Text Workbench

Text Workbench Text Workbench is the universal search and replace tool featuring full Unicode and UTF-8 support. Text Workbench will save you hours of manual editing you spend to update your files at your local disks or on FTP server. It's a powerful solution for software and web developers, web masters, technical......

7. glogg

glogg glogg is a multi-platform GUI application to browse and search through long or complex log files. It is designed with programmers and system administrators in mind. glogg can be seen as a graphical, interactive combination of grep and less.......

8. Retrospective Log Analyzer

Retrospective Log Analyzer Retrospective is a faster and better way for IT people to manage their enterprise log data on either Windows, Mac or Linux. It has been widely used by developers, system administrators, testers and support specialists dealing with all kinds of logs. The tool enables you to instantly search through distributed......

9. LogrPro

LogrPro Logr - the log viewing application for the Mac......

10. ripgrep

ripgrep ripgrep is a command line search tool that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw speed of GNU grep. Why should I use ripgrep?* It can replace both The Silver Searcher and GNU grep because it is faster than both. (N.B. It is not,......

11. GrepCode

GrepCode GrepCode.com is a code search engine built by developers for developers to search and browse open source Java projects.......

12. Funduc Search and Replace

Funduc Search and Replace Search and Replace for Windows is a fast, easy to use grep utility for search and replace in multiple files, directories and archives. Supports grep style Regular Expressions. Script language for webmasters and programmers.......

13. regexxer

regexxer regexxer is a nifty GUI search/replace tool featuring Perl-style regular expressions. If you need project-wide substitution and you’re tired of hacking sed command lines together, then you should definitely give it a try.......

14. PRGrep

PRGrep PRGrep is a powerful program to search strings inside files. Rather than showing a file list, the matching lines of text inside each file are also displayed. PRGrep has moreover a lot of interesting functions as search inside binary or compressed files, several search and exclusion modes (text, AND, OR,......

15. spot

spot Tiny ack-style file search utility. All arguments constitute the search text. No need to wrap most searches in double quotes. Short & written in Bash - just find & grep: you can edit it easily to suit your liking. Searches most things by default instead of some known predefined extensions.......