A free index-based network search engine that indexes shared files and folders on your LAN with filtering.
Network Search Engine is a freeware networking app and developed by SoftPerfect Research for Windows.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of Network Search Engine to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this networking program.
A free index-based network search engine that indexes shared files in your LAN
SoftPerfect Network Search Engine is a comprehensive yet user-friendly application that allows you to easily search for specific files or folders on your LAN, returning quick results. An efficient search engine is vital if the full potential of your medium sized corporate network is to be realized.
This application is a strong search engine that indexes all shared files in your local area network and provides users with the ability to locate necessary files within a few seconds.
SoftPerfect Network Search Engine returns blazing fast search results to your users, even when large numbers of shared files and folders are present. Ideally, you or your users should be able to find that important document or file almost instantly.
The built-in web-server and database ensure trouble free deployment and configuration while the web-based user interface enables users to enter intuitive search queries on all file types using a simple wild-card based format and via their favorite web browser.
Of course, raw search speed is not the only performance criteria. The GUI based administration console provides access to a variety of powerful features and configurable options that make it flexible enough to fulfill most needs.
For example, files or folders can be selectively included or excluded from the database index while the index itself can be maintained using an incremental multi-threaded crawl mode that demands only minimal network resources. Once initial indexing is complete, Network Search Engine will not introduce unnecessary network traffic.
Features of Network Search Engine
- Accessible via web-interface and Windows GUI client.
- Built-in database- and web-server with the ability to use third party web-server.
- Complete and incremental scheduled crawling modes.
- Convenient administration console.
- Highly configurable using inclusive/exclusive file, folder and computer filters.
- Indexes all available shared folders or just those you selected.
- Only indexes file names and folder names (no file contents).
- Provides a built-in high-speed searchable database.
- Separate ISAPI & CGI web-server modules supplied.
Compatibility and License
Network Search Engine is provided under a freeware license on Windows from network software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 2.0.3 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can Network Search Engine run on?
Network Search Engine can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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