Desktop search engines
See also: Desktop search
See also Comparison of desktop search software
| Name | Platform | Remarks | License |
| - | Freeware | ||
| IDOL | Proprietary, commercial | ||
| Open source desktop search tool for Linux based on Lucene | A mix of the X11/MIT License and the Apache License | ||
| Considered best overall search engine in 2005 UW benchmark study.[1] | Free for home use | ||
| Based on Apache's indexing and search engine Lucene, and it requires a Java Runtime Environment. | |||
| | Proprietary (30 day trial) | ||
| | Freeware | ||
| Indexes and searches files' content in computers, networks and removable data storage devices | Proprietary (30 day trial) | ||
| Indexes desktop, network drives and portable devices. | Freeware or commercial | ||
| Integrates with the main Google search engine page. Does not support x64 systems. | Freeware | ||
| Open Source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux | GPL | ||
| Desktop content-based image search | GPL v2 [3] | ||
| ISYS:desktop search software. | Proprietary (14 day trial) | ||
| - | Proprietary (30 day trial) | ||
| Open Source desktop search tool for Unix/Linux | GPL v2 [4] | ||
| Proprietary | |||
| Cross-platform open source desktop search engine | LGPL v2 [5] | ||
| Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux. | |||
| Semantic Search Engine. | Freeware and commercial | ||
| Part of Windows Vista and later | Proprietary, freeware | ||
| Formerly Yahoo Desktop Search, then X1 Desktop Search, then X1 | Proprietary (30 day trial) |
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Free internet Search Tools
Copernic - very good search tool, trawling from a list of top search engines and directories, consolidating and validating results
Express Search from GO.COM
FerretSoft - offers a comprehensive suite of free internet search tools
Other List and Collection of Search Engines
ForeFront: WebSeeker Search Engines
Internet Guides and Search Engines - maintained by Stanford Uni.
Search Engine Colossus - a mega collection of search engines, categorised according to country locations. This means that you can perform country specific searches.
The Internet Finder (thanks to Tom Scott, here's a mega-collection of search engines covering everything under the sun, well almost - )
Miscellaneous Resources
searchengines.net has many free search engines to add to your website
Search Engine Talk - provides a forum to discuss all things to do with search engines, directories and searching the WWW
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