🧠 Replacing 'Everything' — Why I’m Building a new Windows File Search Tool

Hey there folks!

Generally, I never had problems locating, or quick accessing my files on my PC prior to becoming a University student and generally using my PC to work more.
Now, my need to instantly locate hundreds of files constantly has forced me to find out about "Everything". It’s fast and does the job well, no complains there.

So… why build something else?

I do have some minor complains that have inspired me to work on my own custom replacement to it. Here are some limitations I ran into:

❌ The app fails when I want to locate a file from another drive that I share between PCs and doesn't use the NTFS file format. Big L.
❌ Another thing it could do better is to feel a bit more system intergraded. Windows treat it like a separate window, like all the others, and Alt + Tabbing through multiple windows, or giving it administrator privileges every time you open it can cause a small chaos and frustration. It also looks kind of outdated.
❌ Doesn't have an easy and quick way to list the most frequently or recently used files.
❌ Doesn't provide security for sensitive files by locking them behind a password.
❌ Doesn't support natural language search ( for example: "show large PDFs from 1 month ago").

If these issues bother you as well, keep reading.

I have made a basic version of my app that is ready for real world use. It does not yet include all the fixes to the issues that I specified earlier, but it's a solid start and free of charge of course. It is called "Da Deep Search" and it's live for you to try here:
👉 https://drimiteros.github.io/Da-Deep-Search-Website/

If you like the scope of this app and wish to help, you can submit a report containing your brutal opinion about it, bugs you encountered or features you want to see here:
👉 https://tally.so/r/wQWkkG

Thanks for reading!