Lightning File Search
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Package name
- lightning-file-search
License
- MIT
Last updated
- 26 June 2026 - latest/stable
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Instant type-and-find file search for Linux — pure Python, zero deps.
Find anything on your Linux machine the instant you start typing.
Lightning File Search is the fast, type-and-find file finder Linux has been missing — the kind of instant search Windows users know from "Everything". Type part of a name and matching files and folders appear immediately.
- Instant results as you type — hundreds of thousands of files in milliseconds.
- Always up to date — the index keeps itself current through the Linux kernel's inotify: files you create, rename or delete appear and disappear on their own, live.
- Instant startup — the index is saved between sessions, so the app is ready the moment you open it and quietly syncs changes in the background.
- Multi-word matching, sortable columns, and one-click Open / Open folder / Copy path.
- Zero dependencies — and that's the point. No pip packages, no Qt, no Electron. Just Python 3 and its standard library.
Author: Martin Ďurček
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