FileCrawler: Fast search engine for massive network and local drives

Windows Explorer search is slow and broken. Cloud migration is too expensive. FileCrawler is a lightning-fast, zero-cloud search engine for your massive local & network drives. ⚡️ Instant: Embedded SQLite engine 🛠 Native: Deploys on Windows in 60s 🔒 Secure: Data stays 100% on-premise 💸 No SaaS: One-time perpetual license Give your homelab or organization a beautiful web search portal today.

Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I'm the creator of FileCrawler. I built this out of pure frustration. Searching for a single PDF across my many backup drives using Windows Explorer would literally take 15 minutes or freeze my computer. So, I built FileCrawler. It installs natively in 60 seconds, indexes your existing local or network drives in the background, and gives you the ability to search them through a lightning-fast web portal. When I thought about how this could be used for businesses, I realized cloud solutions like SharePoint cost thousands in recurring fees. With FileCrawler, there is no cloud and no subscriptions, just a $125 (discounted) perpetual license . While this isn't designed for massive Fortune 500 enterprises, it is perfect for smaller, localized organizations (and homelabs!) that just need to quickly find old data scattered across their network. I set up a fully interactive Live Demo on the site so you can test yourself! I'd love to hear your feedback on the UI and answer any technical questions you have about the architecture!

The SQLite-backed approach for local indexing is a smart call, keeps everything snappy without the usual cloud lag. Love that you skipped the SaaS trap and just sell it once.

@bode_yan That was the goal! Keep things simple so that people who aren't super database savvy are still able to search their files without needing to remember where the files are!

The SQLite-backed approach for local indexing is a smart call, keeps everything snappy without the usual cloud lag. Love that you skipped the SaaS trap and just sell it once.

@bode_yan That was the goal! Keep things simple so that people who aren't super database savvy are still able to search their files without needing to remember where the files are!