Area: Computing
Spotlite Desktop Search
Spotlite Desktop Search is an open source software that searches any kind of document, and even keywords inside documents, in your computer. It uses the Microsoft Indexing Service (that ships with Microsoft Windows XP by default) as backend engine. It's a nice and light alternative to similar softwares like Google Desktop Search or WDS
Features
- Fast and lightweight
- Can group / order results
- Indexes ANY kind of file (also binary files)
- Extremely fast searches (can lookup files by words inside them in a few seconds)
- A wizard procedure will assist you in the configuration of the Index Service (no particular skill required)
Requirements
This application requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP and
the Microsoft .Net Framework 2 (download at the link below):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en
Download
- Binaries: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/spotlite/spotlite-1.0.2-setup.exe
- Sources: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/spotlite/spotlite-1.0.2-src.zip
License:
The application is released under the terms of the GNU GPL
Links:
- Spotlite: This project on SourceForge
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