Open Semantic Desktop Search
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VisitOpen Semantic Desktop Search vs Recoll
What both publish
| Fact | Open Semantic Desktop Search | Recoll |
|---|---|---|
| Browser integration | Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Opera can integrate through the OpenSearch standard. | A Firefox extension can add visited web-page history to the index. |
| Indexing | Documents in configured shared folders begin indexing automatically when the virtual machine starts. | The indexer can run periodically as a batch job or continuously for real-time indexing. |
| Licence | The GitHub repository identifies the project as GPL-3.0 licensed open-source software. | Recoll source is free software distributed under the GPL; a public repository identifies GPL-2.0. |
| Maker | The contact page names Markus Mandalka as the software developer. | Official credits identify Jean-Francois Dockes as the project maintainer and contact. |
| Purpose | Free open-source desktop search software for full-text search, exploratory search, text analytics and text mining across large document sets. | Recoll is desktop full-text search software that finds documents by their contents and file names. |
Open Semantic Desktop Search plans
- Open Semantic Desktop SearchFree
- Open Semantic Search ServerPriced on request
Recoll plans
- LinuxFree
- Recoll (Linux and source)Free
- Recoll for WindowsPriced on request
- Windows binaryPriced on request
Pick Open Semantic Desktop Search if…
It suits individual users who want to search and explore a large document collection through a VirtualBox desktop appliance. Organizations and research teams are directed toward the separate server installation.
Pick Recoll if…
Recoll suits people who want to search documents stored on local, removable, shared, or otherwise computer-accessible storage. It is also useful when email, PDF, compressed-file, or OCR search matters.