Alternatives

Products that do what Plex Alternative with Custom Metadata and Better Search does

1. 1CS
   Convert scanned documents into searchable PDFs▲73

   2015 · searchablepdfs.org

2. 2IW
   Improve web search with custom search engines▲23

   2020 · searchcommons.org

3. 3AS
   A search widget for static web sites▲88

   2017 · webtigerteam.com

4. 4MN
   My new domain search tool▲95

   2013 · shortdomainsearch.net

5. 5SB
   Simple BitTorrent Magnet Link search▲57

   2012 · moviemagnet.net

6. 6GS
   Google Site Search Alternative▲21

   2019 · expertrec.com

7. 7SI
   Small in-browser editor for ZIP and OLE archives▲8

   2017 · sheetjs.com

8. 8IM
   Instant Movie/TV Search▲31

   2010 · moki.tv

9. 9AG
   Alternative Google Web Search API▲21

   2020 · rapidapi.com

10. 10MS
    Mira – Search for files semantically – no exact filenames required▲5

    Would appreciate a star (and happy for ideas on improving indexing speed/embedding quality)!

    May 2026 · github.com

11. 11CT
    Chrome TPB search extension▲33

    2012 · chrome.google.com

12. 12LT
    Lightweight Torrent Search Engine▲13

    2014 · nexxus.io

13. 13IS
    Intelligently search packages from your shell▲15

    2013 · github.com

14. 14AC
    Altsear.ch - you can get by without using Google/Yahoo/Bing to search▲21

    2021 · altsear.ch

15. 15WE
    Webdext – Extract listing data without coding▲6

    2020 · github.com

16. 16UM
    Using mkdir to track financial transactions▲8

    I've been exploring uses of file metadata. Here's an interesting one with a legitimate (and potentially unreliable) use case. Focuses on ease of use. Would love to hear feedback.

    2023 · github.com

17. 17FS
    File Search API for Your Software▲5

    2021 · mixpeek.com

18. 18FT
    Full text search on 24M filehoster links▲11

    2015 · api.alluc.com

19. 19FA
    FTD, an Alternative to HTML/CSS/JS/JSON/XML etc.▲17

    2021 · fifthtry.com

20. 20BE
    Browser extension that makes researching large documents suck less▲5

    2014 · suave.it

21. 21MA
    MightyGrep - a file finding and text searching tool▲5

    2023 · ksylvestre.itch.io

22. 22EP
    Ecks.pl, a handy little tmux wrapper in Literate Perl▲12

    2016 · luchenlabs.com

23. 23SA
    Simple Audio Indexer – word/phrase/regex searching within audio files▲8

    2017 · github.com

24. 24TM
    The missing filesystem for the web▲8

    2018 · historysearch.net

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Refine with a description →