Find any file, the instant you type.
Linen indexes your whole Mac and surfaces matches as fast as you can type — names, paths, the lot. Native, private, and free.
Free · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · ~3.5 MB
Built to feel instant
Search as you type
A whole-volume index means results appear the moment you start typing — no waiting, no spinner.
Summon from anywhere
A global hotkey (⌥Space) opens a Spotlight-style panel over whatever you're doing.
A real query language
Wildcards, boolean operators, file-type, size and date filters, regex, duplicates, Finder tags — and fuzzy matching when you're guessing.
Private by design
Everything runs on your Mac. No telemetry, no accounts, nothing leaves your device — ever.
Real-time updates
Create, rename, or delete a file and the index follows instantly. No manual refresh.
Tiny & native
One small, notarized, universal app with no third-party dependencies. It just runs.
Power-user search
Regex, fuzzy matching, similarity, search inside files, and Finder-tag search — with an optional trigram index that makes regex 50–150× faster.
Reclaim disk space
Find byte-for-byte duplicate files and see which folders are eating your disk — fast and low-memory even on multi-gigabyte files.
Search from anywhere
Scriptable command-line tools, a built-in web UI with a JSON API, and an MCP server so AI agents can find files on your Mac.
Looking for “Everything” for Mac?
If you came from Windows, you know Everything by voidtools — type a few letters and the file is just there. Linen brings that same instant, whole-disk search to macOS, built natively for the Mac.
Is there an “Everything” for Mac?
Yes — Linen. It indexes your whole Mac and surfaces matching files the instant you type, just like Everything does on Windows, with a global ⌥Space hotkey and a real query language: wildcards, regex, size and date filters, and duplicate detection.
What’s the best Everything alternative for Mac?
Linen is a fast, private, and native choice — one tiny notarized app, no telemetry, nothing leaves your Mac, and it’s completely free. The whole index lives and runs on-device.
How is Linen different from Spotlight?
Linen is built for instant filename and path search across your entire volume, with live updates and power-user filters — no throttling, no waiting, and it stays hidden until you summon it with ⌥Space.
“Everything” is a trademark of voidtools. Linen is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by voidtools.
Free, and yours to keep.
Linen is free for everyone. Download it, grant Full Disk Access, and start finding.