{"repo":"cardisoft/cardinal","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/cardisoft/cardinal","clone":"git clone https://github.com/cardisoft/cardinal.git","description":"Fastest file searching tool for macOS","language":"Rust","stars":1657,"topics":["everything","file-search","mac","macos","rust","tauri"],"license":"MIT","category":"dev-tools","readme_excerpt":"Cardinal Fastest and most accurate file search app for macOS. Using Cardinal · Building Cardinal --- English · Español · 한국어 · Русский · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · Português · Italiano · 日本語 · Français · Deutsch · Українська · العربية · हिन्दी · Türkçe Using Cardinal Download Use homebrew: You can also grab the latest packaged builds from GitHub Releases. i18n support Need a different language? Click the ⚙️ button in the status bar to switch instantly. Search basics Cardinal now speaks an Everything-compatible syntax layer on top of the classic substring/prefix tricks: - report draft – space acts as AND , so you only see files whose names contain both tokens. - .pdf briefing – filter to PDF results whose names include “briefing”. - .zip size: 100MB – search for ZIP files larger than 100MB. - in:/Users demo !.psd – restrict the search root to /Users , then search for files whose names contain demo but exclude .psd . - tag:ProjectA;ProjectB – match Finder tags (macOS); ; acts as OR . - .md content:\"Bearer \" – filter to Markdown files containing the string Bearer . - \"Application Support\" – quote exact phrases. - brary/Applicat – use / as a path separator for sub-path searching, matching directories like Library/Application Support . - /report · draft/ · /report/ – wrap tokens with leading and/or trailing slashes to force prefix , suffix , or exact name matches when you need whole-word control beyond Everything syntax. - / /.DS Store – globstar ( ) dives through every subfolder under your ho","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/cardisoft","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/cardisoft/cardinal/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}