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Information Technology and Application

Notes Desktop Search Engines

Name Platform Remarks License
Autonomy Windows IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search. Proprietary,
commercial
Beagle Linux Open source desktop search tool for Linux A mix of the
based on Lucene X11/MIT License
and the Apache
License
Copernic Windows Considered best overall search engine in Free for home use
Desktop 2005 UW benchmark study.
Search
Docco cross-platform Based on Apache's indexing and search BSD License
(Java) engine Lucene, and it requires a Java
Runtime Environment.
Docfetcher Cross-platform Open source desktop search tool for Eclipse Public
Windows and Linux, based on Apache License
Lucene
InSight Windows Metadata-based search utility Freeware
Desktop
Search
ISYS Search Windows ISYS:desktop search software. Proprietary
Software (14-day trial)
Likasoft Windows - Proprietary
Archivarius 30-day trial)
3000
Meta Tracker Linux, Unix Open Source desktop search tool for GPL v2
Unix/Linux
Recoll Linux, Unix Open Source desktop search tool for GPL
Unix/Linux
Spotlight Mac OS Found in Apple Mac OS X "Tiger" and later Proprietary
OS X releases.
Strigi Linux, Unix, Cross-platform open source desktop search LGPL v2
Solaris, Mac engine
OS X and
Windows
Terrier Search Linux, Mac OS, Desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X MPL
Engine Unix (Tiger), Unix/Linux.
Tropes Zoom Windows Semantic Search Engine. Freeware and
commercial
Windows Windows Part of Windows Vista and later OSs. Proprietary,
Search Available as Windows Desktop Search for freeware
Windows XP and Server 2003. Does not
support indexing UNC paths on x64
systems.

Usenet

Google Groups (formerly Deja News)

Based on

Google

AOL Search
CompuServe Search

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