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Catfish

Catfish is a versatile file search utility for the Xfce desktop. Powered by Python and GTK, it is fast, flexible, and exceptional at finding files.

Features

  • Minimalistic, GTK+3 interface
  • Search suggestions, powered by Zeitgeist and locate
  • Powerful filtering by date, file type, and more
  • Full-text file content search

Requirements

  • python 3
  • GTK+ (3.12 or above)
  • GLib (GLib / GObject Python bindings: GdkPixbuf, GLib, GTK 3, Pango, Cairo, Xfconf)
  • Pexpect
  • locate or mlocate

Optional

  • Zeitgeist, for recent search suggestions