Program: dnGrep
License: Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Description: A powerful graphical GREP tool for Windows that allows searching across text files, Word (doc, docx), Excel (xls, xlsx), PowerPoint, PDF, XML, and archives. It performs read-only searches using specialized plugins, ensuring that document contents remain completely untouched and unaltered. It supports regular expressions, XPath, and phonetic queries.
Website: https://dngrep.github.io/
Source URL: https://github.com/dnGrep/dnGrep
Other: The application is built using .NET (C#) and has a clean, user-friendly WPF interface. It would be a fantastic, modern open-source addition to the PortableApps utility catalog for advanced text and document searching.
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Program Application Request: dnGrep
June 11, 2026 - 1:44am
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Program Application Request: dnGrep
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What about GrepWin or DocFetcher?
'Words are merely the coverings of consciousness'
― Neo Buddha ―
I tried GrepWin, but it lacks functionality.
I tried testing DocFetcher once, but the program itself was very finicky, frequently crashing and so on (basically, I couldn't use it properly).
dnGrep is a different story. It's portable, and the developer quickly fixes any issues, but it needs to be added to some list of useful programs.
For example, I'm waiting for dnGrep to be added to the PortableApps list (the developer of gnGrep is unlikely to refuse).
The program is truly helpful in many office tasks, and thanks to its simple interface, even women who are computer savvy enough to edit text and search for data in documents for composing other texts use it.
... even women who are computer savvy enough ...
Wow!
The Website & Source URL links are pointing to girhub, and are needed for testing!
'Words are merely the coverings of consciousness'
― Neo Buddha ―
https://github.com/dnGrep/dnGrep
https://dngrep.github.io/
Are there any results?
Or are there some restrictions preventing the software from being added to the general list?