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I was wondering what this adds over mlocate. It seems it's a GUI only / GUI first tool.

The GitHub page recommends mlocate for a CLI version.

Hi, author here.

Likely the most significant benefit is the more powerful query language. For example you can also search by file modification date or size and use boolean operators. https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch/wiki/Search-syntax

Ah thanks for that, I can see the benefit there alright.

For example it updates after every character you type. Sometimes you don't know exactly what you are looking for or you are exploring.

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