Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix

Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. Basically it is a frontend for different search engines (daemons) which provides a unified interface.

Features

Catfish is a frontend for different search engines (daemons). The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+ 2. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

Supported backends:

find, (s)locate, doodle, tracker, beagle, strigi and pinot

Requirements: PyGtk2, Glade2, python-xdg¹, dbus²

¹ python-xdg is optional but strongly recommended
² dbus is required for strigi and pinot

Current State
Development of Catfish is currently stalled. There are plans for a new version with a revamped interface. Some code has been written but there is no time schedule to make a release anytime soon.

Download

Download: catfish v0.3.2 (35kB) (ChangeLog)

The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only Gtk 2. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

This program acts as a frontend for different file search engines. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple. But it takes configuration options from the command line.

Currently find, (s)locate, tracker, strigi, pinot, and beagle are supported as backends.

Associated Programs

Beagle	indexing and search tool for your personal data
Doodle	Desktop Search Engine (client)
Python	An interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
python-dbus	simple interprocess messaging system (Python interface)
python-xdg	A python library to access freedesktop.org standards
slocate	Secure replacement of findutil's locate
strigi-daemon	fast indexing and searching tool for your personal data (daemon)
Tracker	metadata database, indexer and search tool

Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)

Debian	32-bit	64-bit
lenny	0.3-2
sid	0.3-2	0.3-2

Ubuntu	32-bit	64-bit
feisty	0.1-0ubuntu1	0.1-0ubuntu1
gutsy	0.1-0ubuntu1	0.1-0ubuntu1
hardy	0.3-0ubuntu2	0.3-0ubuntu2
intrepid	0.3-2	0.3-2

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