Liuer Find files, find inside files
Search every file on your Mac — by name, by content, all of it
macOS 13.0+ · Apple Silicon & Intel
Search file names with Liuer, search file contents with Liuer
Every feature solves a real pain point you deal with every day
File name + regex
Find files with regex and boolean logic. Don't remember the exact name? Match a pattern instead.
Content search
Search inside file contents — not just names. Find that config line, that error message, that TODO, across your entire project.
Archive & document search
Search inside ZIP, gzip, bzip2, PDF, and Office documents without extracting. Your compressed logs just became searchable.
Smart filters
Filter by size, date, type, path. Combine with regex and boolean logic. Drill down from millions of files to the one you need.
Blazing fast
Custom trigram index in memory. Results in milliseconds across millions of files. No spinning wheel, no waiting.
Jump to editor
Click a search result and land at the exact line in VS Code, Vim, IntelliJ, or 13+ other editors. No copy-paste dance.
Real problems, real solutions
Every pain point you have with finding files — solved
Can't remember the file name?
Can't remember the file name but remember what's inside? Search by content, not by name. Find any file across your entire Mac — configs, notes, old reports, anything.
Search inside archives too.
Logs, archives, PDFs, spreadsheets — they're all searchable without extracting. Monthly reports, audit trails, archived records, all instantly accessible.
Found it? Jump to the exact line.
Click a search result and open the file at the exact line in VS Code, Vim, IntelliJ, or 13+ other editors. No copy-paste, no hunting.
Liuer vs Spotlight
You're not bad at finding files — you've been using the wrong tool all along.
Spotlight is designed to quickly launch apps and find recent files. Liuer is designed to find anything on your Mac — no matter where it is, what it's called, or what format it's in. These aren't two versions of the same tool.
They're two different tools
| Feature | Liuer | Spotlight |
|---|---|---|
| Regular expression search | ✓ | ✗ |
| Boolean conditions (AND/OR/NOT) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Content search (inside files) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Search inside archives | ✓ | ✗ |
| Filter by size / date / type | ✓ | Partial |
| Open at line in editor | ✓ | ✗ |
Stop searching. Start finding.
macOS 13+. Apple Silicon & Intel