AnyTXT
Anytxt Searcher searches file contents on desktop systems, including text, PDF, Office, code, ebook, and image files.
About AnyTXT
AnyTXT Searcher is a desktop full-text search application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It extracts text from many document and file types—including text, PDF, Microsoft Office, OneNote, eBook, code, image, email, and binary files—without requiring additional software, and stores the extracted metadata in a built-in high-speed index. The homepage also lists offline OCR for images and scanned PDFs, multilingual OCR, a multilingual user interface, real-time index sync, SSD optimization, keyword view, HTTP search service, and AES256 encryption. Microsoft Outlook (eml) support is labeled beta, and the vendor says more document types are coming.
Key features
- Full-text content search on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops.
- Parses text, PDF, Office, eBook, code, image, email, and other document formats.
- Built-in offline OCR for text in images and scanned PDFs, including multilingual OCR.
- Built-in high-speed indexing with real-time sync and SSD optimization.
- Multilingual user interface and full-text indexing for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Keyword view, HTTP search service, and AES256 encryption.
Best for: People who need to search file contents across many formats on a local Windows, macOS, or Linux computer.
Good for
- Supports a wide range of formats including Office, PDF, eBook, image, email, and binary files.
- Advertises fast full-text search, stated as almost 1 second.
- Works across Windows, MacOS, and Linux with a multilingual interface and document indexing.
Watch out for
- Microsoft Outlook (eml) support is labeled beta.
- The vendor says more document types are coming, so format coverage may be incomplete.
- The software is not open source.
AnyTXT at a glance
- Website
- anytxt.net
- Category
- Software & Utilities › File Utilities
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Web, Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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AnyTXT FAQ
What file formats can AnyTXT search?
It supports plain text, PDF (including scanned PDFs), Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, eBook formats, WPS, Kindle, mind maps, OFD, WizNote, Edraw Max, images, binary files, and more. Microsoft Outlook (eml) support is beta.
Does AnyTXT include OCR?
Yes. It includes offline OCR for text in images such as png, jpg, and bmp, as well as scanned PDFs, and lists multilingual OCR support.
Which platforms are supported?
AnyTXT works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. The homepage also mentions an Anytxt full-text search web engine.
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