Minimalist cross-platform file search. One bar, every drive.
Native per-OS backends, with an os.scandir walk as universal fallback.
Download the latest build from Releases and run it, or run from source:
uv sync then uv run seekbar
- Native backends · NTFS MFT on Windows, Spotlight on macOS,
plocate/locateon Linux - No index, no daemon · searches on demand and streams results live; nothing runs in the background, nothing to keep in sync or goes stale
- Substring matching · case-insensitive; underscores, hyphens, and spaces are interchangeable, and every word must appear, in any order
- Smart ranking · results scored by match quality and recency, streamed as they are found
- Keyboard-driven · frameless, with a system tray, a global hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+S on Windows, macOS, and Linux/X11), and in-app help (F1)
- Customizable · eight accent presets and an adjustable tray icon, via an in-app settings panel (F2)
- Dark / light / auto theme · with system detection
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Show / hide window (global; Windows, macOS, Linux/X11) |
| F1 | Toggle shortcuts help |
| Enter | Open selected file |
| Esc | Clear search text, then close window |
| Ctrl+T | Cycle theme (auto / light / dark) |
| Ctrl+Q | Quit application |
| Alt + drag | Move window |
| Up / Down | Navigate results |
| Page Up / Page Down | Jump by page |
| Home / End | Jump to first / last result |
| F2 | Settings (accent color, tray icon) |
| F3 | Donate links |