Cross-platform tool for flashing OS images to drives
Overview
What Everything does
Everything is a filename search utility for Windows that indexes NTFS volumes by reading the Master File Table directly rather than crawling directories. That is why it builds an index of an entire drive in seconds where conventional indexers take hours, and returns results faster than you can finish typing. It is deliberately narrow: it searches names, not file contents. For anyone who has waited on Windows Search, that trade is usually the right one.
What people use it for
- Finding a file by name instantly instead of waiting on Windows Search
- Locating duplicates and stray files across large drives
- Navigating a machine with hundreds of thousands of files
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Where it falls short
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- Searches filenames only, not file contents, which is the deliberate trade for its speed
- Windows and NTFS only: no macOS or Linux build, and non-NTFS volumes fall back to slower indexing
- Requires administrator rights to read the Master File Table
Pricing
What Everything costs
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Free
Free
- Core functionality
- Personal use
Capabilities
Features
Instant results
Filename matches appear as you type across entire volumes
MFT-based indexing
Reads the NTFS Master File Table rather than crawling folders
Tiny footprint
Very low memory and disk use for the index
Regex and filters
Pattern matching, size and date filters
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Questions people ask
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Is Everything free?
Yes, free to use with donations accepted.
Why is it so much faster than Windows Search?
It reads the NTFS Master File Table directly instead of crawling the filesystem, so indexing a whole volume takes seconds.
Can it search inside files?
Only in a limited way. It is built for filename search, and full content search is not what it is for.
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