AntiFind indexes filesystems, not folders.
It maintains a live view of storage by reading filesystem metadata directly. Because it understands the underlying filesystems, it can search across storage that the operating system is not currently exposing, including unmounted partitions.
Allowing you to search for and play media from Linux in your Windows and the other way around. Without mounting the drives.
This works on Linux, Windows and MacOS.
AntiFind was measured against find, fd and plocate. Every tool searched the same filesystem for the same question: every name that contains readme, every match printed. Median of 30 runs with a warm cache:
Files AntiFind plocate fd find 10 million, btrfs 177 ms 1.90 s 1.15 s 17.2 s 4.5 million, /home on btrfs 27 ms 151 ms 522 ms 8.15 s 1.8 million, / on btrfs 7.9 ms 25 ms 145 ms 2.22 s 1.1 million, NTFS 5.4 ms 25 ms 147 ms 2.48 s 160,000, ext4 1.8 ms 5.7 ms 26 ms 255 ms
The underlying idea is simple: instead of walking directories, read the filesystem's file tables directly.
Most tools discover the filesystem again every time you search. AntiFind reads the drive's metadata in one pass and then follows changes as they happen.
AntiFind supports Windows, Linux and macOS. It includes both a GUI and a command line. The CLI supports JSON output (--json) and was designed to integrate cleanly with automation and LLM workflows.
There's a lot more to it, but that's the core idea.
More information: https://antisoftworks.com
Cheers!
civnode•1m ago