dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word and Excel documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File Explorer, and much more.

Features:

• Search across text files, PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Open Office documents
• Search for files in archives - zip, 7z, rar, jar, and many more
• Search using text, regular expressions (regex), XPath, or byte sequence
• Many search filter options
• Search-and-replace, including undo
• Replace in text files - does not replace in binary file formats such as Word, Excel, or PDF.
• Whole-file preview
• Right-click to search in File Explorer
• Move/copy/delete result files
• Open line results in a custom editor, like Notepad++
• Bookmark search patterns for later use
• Try out complex searches in the Test window
• Save search results
• Light and Dark themes
• Translations in several languages
• Much more!

Runs on Windows 10, 11, or Windows Server

Releases are packaged with .NET 9 included.

Install from

• GitHub
• Chocolatey
• WinGet: winget install -e –id dnGrep.dnGrep

Windows 7 User? There are no more updates for Windows 7, but you can still run v3.2.330 and run on .net Framework 4.8

Main Screen:

Options:

Start from Windows File Explorer: