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24 alternatives to Filewatch

Find your public files, before someone else does

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Filewatch launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Filewatch 2.0▲73
Find your public files, before someone else does
2019 · its alternatives →
2
Who has access to your Google Drive?▲71
A free Google Drive scanner to detect sensitive data
2023 · metomic.io · its alternatives →
3
Watch what files any Linux process accesses▲131
Log what files are accessed by any Linux process. Contribute to spieglt/whatfiles development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Fileloom▲82
A free, ad-free Android viewer for all your files
May 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
5
DriveStats.io▲116
Visualize and clean up your Google Drive storage easily
2021 · its alternatives →
6
FileParty▲145
Watch local files together in real time
2020 · fileparty.co · its alternatives →
7
Movie Tracker▲97
Manage your watchlist of movies and tv shows
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
ActivityWatch▲130
Track how you spend your time. Privacy-focused & open source
2019 · activitywatch.net · its alternatives →
9
Cloud File Viewer▲72
Preview files on Google Cloud Storage with ease
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
10
Filesystem Watcher▲91
An arbitrary filesystem event watcher which is: - simple - efficient - dependency free - runnable anywhere with a filesystem - header only Watcher is extremely efficient. In most cases, even when scanning millions of paths, this library uses a near-zero amount of resources. Watcher is simple. The library exposes a single function and a single object. That is all. Happy hacking.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Google Drive Auditor▲83
The Drive Auditor scans all the files and folders & audits
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
12
DriveNest – Google Drive Analyzer▲6
Clean your Google Drive. Know who sees your files.
Jun 2026 · drivenest.falcondrivelabs.com · its alternatives →
13
Informant▲133
Inspect files on macOS with a single click.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Protect My Files▲60
Manage privacy & user access of your Google & OneDrive files
2021 · its alternatives →
15
Mustardwatch: Detect what files a program uses, rerun when they change▲15
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Filerr▲110
Free S-1 filing alerts in your inbox
2023 · its alternatives →
17
GitHub File Watcher – get notified when files change in a GitHub repo▲68
2015 · github-file-watcher.com · its alternatives →
18
FileSaver▲79
Very fast multi-threaded OSS (MIT) file size scanner utility
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Drive – a tiny program to pull or push Google Drive files▲69
Google Drive client for the commandline. Contribute to odeke-em/drive development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
20OA
OSwatch – A News Aggregation Site for Open-Source Software▲150
2016 · oswatch.net · its alternatives →
21
Drively▲29
File explorer for Google Drive
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
22
FindDiskKiller▲106
See which apps are hammering your Mac's disk
Jul 2026 · finddiskkiller.com · its alternatives →
23
AutoDrive▲104
Automate access to your Google Drive files sold on Gumroad.
2021 · theautodriveapp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
24
MovieTracker▲83
Keep track of your movie-watching habits
2018 · its alternatives →

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