AnyTXT Searcher

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AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local data full-text search engine, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your free Google Desktop Search alternative. AnyTXT Searcher has a powerful document parsing engine built in, which extracts the text of commonly used documents/images(OCR) without installing any other software, and combines the built-in high-speed indexing system to store the metadata of the text. You can quickly find any text that exists on your computer with the AnyTXT Searcher. It works on Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP(below 1.2.540), 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022 ...

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Formats Supported

• Plain Text Format (txt, cpp, html etc.)
• Microsoft Word (doc, docx)
• Microsoft Excel (xls, xlsx)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt, pptx)
• Microsoft OneNote (one)
• Portable Document Format (pdf)
• eBook Format (epub, mobi, djvu, chm, fb2, azw(3) etc.)
• WPS Word Format (wps)
• WPS Excel Format (et)
• WPS PowerPoint Format (dps)
• Open Document Format (OpenOffice, LibreOffice etc.)
• Mind Map Format (lighten, mmap, mm, xmind etc.)
• Open Fixed-layout Document Format (ofd)
• Edraw Max Format (eddx)
• WizNote Format (ziw)
• Image Format (jpg, png, bmp, gif etc.)
• Binary File (exe, dll, so)
• Compressed Archive File (zip, 7z, rar, iso)
• More Document Types please let us know

More Features

• Microsoft Office (doc, xls, ppt) Full Text Index Supported
• Microsoft Office 2007 (docx, xlsx, pptx, docm, xlsm, docm) Full Text Index Supported
• Multi-language(include Chinese,Japanese,Korean) Document Full Text Index Supported
• WPS Office (wps, et, dps) Full Text Index Supported
• Image text (png, jpg, bmp etc.) Full Text Index Supported
• Fast Full-Text Index
• Fast Full-Text Search, almost in 0.1 second
• Keyword View
• SSD Optimization
• HTTP Search Service (Beta)
• Realtime Sync Full-Text Index (Beta)
• Hight DPI Supported
• Startup at Boot
• Scanned PDF text search
• OCR supports for older CPUs
• OCR supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS
• Compressed Archive File (zip, 7z, rar, iso) Supported
• Search File Content Text With Regex
• OCR Image API
• File Content Text Full-Text Search API

Changelog

2024-4-2 Version 1.3.1361

1. Added the feature of using regexp to search file content text;
2. Added Full-Text Search API(Beta) for file content text. Please refer to menu Help->API;
3. Added OCR API(Beta) for extract image text;
4. Remove fuzzy search as it is the default match type for advanced search;
5. Fix some known issues;

2024-1-8 Version 1.3.1260

1. Added the feature of compressed archive formats (zip, 7z, rar, iso) indexing and searching. Please manually add it if you need by menu: Options->Index Manager->Index Rules;
2. Added feature to sync file contents based on a specific time;
3. Fix some known issues;

2023-11-16 Version 1.3.1225

1. Added the feature of OCR running on 32-bit Windows operating system;
2. Reduce the CPU and memory usage during OCR. Old computers can also run the OCR feature;
3. Fix the problem that the .xls worksheet name cannot be searched;
4. Fix some other known issues;

2023-4-7 Version 1.3.1111

1. Added the feature of floating text preview window, for easy dual-screen viewing;
2. Added the feature of saving path filter history;
3. Added the feature of filtering path by customizing words;
4. Fixed some other known issues;

2023-3-4 Version 1.3.1071

1. Added the feature of online search at raw text preview window;
2. Fixed the issue that indexing never completes;
3. Fixed some other known issues;

2023-2-1 Version 1.3.1043

1. Added the feature of starting Anytxt at boot;
2. Added the feature of scanned PDF text indexing and search;
3. Added the feature of changing Anytxt font;
4. Fixed the issue that USB device occupation;
5. Fixed the issue that some azw3 file encodes detect incorrectly;
6. Fixed some other known issues;

2022-11-26 Version 1.3.1019

1. Added support for binary file (exe, so, dll) full-text indexing and search;
2. Added the shortcut key Atl+G to the preview window to search for global content;
3. Added the shortcut key Atl+S to the preview window to search the content of this file;
4. Add the snippet to the search result item in the preview window;
5. Fixed the issue of characters in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and other local encodings of chm files;
6. Fixed the issue that the wrong file name was displayed in the preview window after the result list item was clicked;
7. Fixed some other known issues;

2022-10-30 Version 1.2.993

1. Added support for Edraw Max full-text indexing and search;
2. Added support for WizNote full-text indexing and search;
3. Added support for text in image (OCR) full-text indexing and search(Beta);
4. Added the feature of export the search result list;
5. Added the feature of show search terms snippet;
6. Added the feature of multi-preview window;
7. Fixed the issue of google translation not work in China;
8. Fixed the issue of crash on some computers at ver1.2.941;
9. Fixed some other known issues;

2022-9-3 Version 1.2.941

1. Added the feature of the line number;
2. Added the feature of the line match-tags in the text preview window scrollbar;
3. Added the feature of regex search in the preview window;
4. Fixed the issue that the indexing service works abnormally;
5. Try to fix the issue of freezing on some computers;
6. Fixed some other known issues;

2022-7-30 Version 1.2.901

1. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in mind map formats: lighten, mmap, mm, xmind, etc.;
2. Added support for djvu and azw(3) full-text indexing and search;
3. Added support for ofd full-text indexing and search;
4. Add 64-bit program support;
5. Speed up indexing and searching;
6. Add right-click search in the text preview window;
7. Fixed the unclear fonts issue;
8. Added 한국어 language, thanks to VenusGirl – 비너스걸❤;
9. Fixed some known issues;

2022-4-17 Version 1.2.715 (Beta)

1. Added the feature of syncing the index of specified folders;

2022-4-10 Version 1.2.703 (Beta)

1. Added the feature of advanced search syntax (beta), you can use &|!"() to do some advanced search;
2. Added the feature of theme, Anytxt comes with 3 themes: default, light, dark;
3. Added the feature of HTTP search service (Beta), the fixed http server listen port is 9921, you can change the port in coming version;
4. Added the feature of editing multiple file types' inclusion and exclusion rules for indexing;
5. Fixed the issue that Anytxt may crash on some Windows 11;
6. Added Polski language, thanks to Dmocha;
7. Added עברית language, thanks to Yeshurun Kubi;

2021-7-16 Version 1.2.540

1. Added the feature of custom hotkeys;

2021-6-15 Version 1.2.532

1. Added Nederlands language, thanks to Atze;
2. Added Українська language, thanks to Helly;
3. Added the feature of rebuilding index;

2021-5-31 [Version 1.2.523]

1. Added online translation feature, support Google Translate, Bing Translator, Yandex Translate. This feature requires the Internet;
2. Added toolbar;
3. Added forward and back feature for file text preview;
4. Added Microsoft OneNote file to default index file types;
5. Added Русский language, thanks to Антон Мырзин aka Paperdaemon;
6. Fix some issues;

2021-4-23 [Version 1.2.483]

1. You can turn on/off the feature of displaying Anytxt in the system tray;
2. Added the feature of displaying Anytxt to the system context menu. You can start Anytxt directly in the system context menu;
3. Added the feature of filtering search results by directory;
4. Added the feature of filtering search results by multiple file types;
5. Fix some issues;

2021-4-2 [Version 1.2.445]

1. Added the feature of that closing Anytxt to system tray;
2. Added the feature of that word segmentation by space for Chinese,Japanese,Korean,Vietnamese;
3. Added the feature of that results are default sorted by match degree and the relevance of documents to a given search query;
4. Optimized search speed, almost in 0.5 sec;
5. Fixed the issue that no files can be scanned on the FAT file system;
6. Fixed the issue that full-text index engine could not work on some network devices;
7. Fixed some other known issues;

2021-1-15 [Version 1.2.394]

1. Added the zoom in/out feature;
2. Added the word wrap feature;
3. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in WPS Office formats .wps .et and .dps;
4. Improved performance when updating index data;
5. Fixed some other known issues;
6. Added multi-language support based on google translation for www.anytxt.net. It may not works fine in Mainland China;

2020-12-4

1. Added the feature of right-click opening the contain file folder(s);
2. Added the feature of right-click copying the full path of the file(s);

2020-12-1

1. Try to fix the index database corruption issue;
2. Added support for German, provided by dhu. Thank you very much;
3. Fixed some other known issues;

2020-11-12

1. Added the feature of setting index database store path;
2. Fixed the issue that AnyTXT Searcher would block when starting;
3. Fixed some other known issues;

2020-10-2

1. Added the feature of keyword browsing;

2020-8-31

1. Added support for NAS devices. NAS storage based on Microsoft SMB protocol and CIFS protocol has been tested, and it works perfect. Other types of remote storage have not been tested;

2020-6-13

1. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in e-book format epub;
2. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in e-book format mobi;
3. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in format chm;
4. Added support for full-text indexing and searching in e-book format fb2;
5. Added real time displaying the index status;
6. Added support for High DPI;

2020-4-12

1. Added support for updating the full-text index database manually;
2. Added support for setting automatic update full-text index cycle;
3. Added support for starting and stopping full-text indexing service;

2020-2-27

1. Added the command line;
2. Fixed known issues;

2019-11-29

1. Try to fix 100% CPU usage issue;
2. Fix the issue of re-indexing during file update;

2019-11-9

1. Added fuzzy matching search;
2. Added whole matching search(Beta);
3. Added Multi-language support. Currently, the Chinese language has been added due to there are many Chinese users; You are welcome to translate it(English.ini) into your local language, I will integrate it into the installation package;
4. Fix some issues;

2019-10-4

1. Added removal of the index;
2. Added the index rule feature;
3. Added the Ctrl+C feature;
4. Added the Ctrl+X feature;
5. Added the Delete feature;
6. Added the automatic detection of the new version feature;
7. Fix some issues;

2019-6-24

1. Added snippets to the search results;

2019-6-11

1. Added an icon to the search button;

2019-6-8

1. Added support for the none-NTFS file system;
2. Speed up file traversal;
3. Reduced computer resource consumption;
4. Fixed some issues;

2019-6-2

1. Added a community link to help menu to get users request;
2. Added support dragging for the search results list;

2019-5-23:

1. Optimized indexing speed;
2. Optimized support for Arabic language based on user feedback;
3. Optimized support for Chinese language based on user feedback;
4. Optimized support for Korean language based on user feedback;
5. Optimized support for Japanese language based on user feedback;
6. Optimized the loading interface when the program starts;