Liuer for Mac

Liuer is a native macOS search tool that covers both halves of file search in one app: fast filename search and full-text content search.

Filename Search

• Results appear as you type, powered by Liuer's own index — not Spotlight's
• Per-keyword regex, case-sensitive, and whole-word matching toggles
• Keyword groups: All Match / Any Match / Must Not
• Path-aware "/" search; filters by type, size, date, and path; sortable columns
• Background first-pass index (~1–2 min), then incremental updates

Full-Text Content Search

• Searches text inside PDFs, Office documents, and ZIP/gzip/bzip2/xz/zstd archives — no extraction needed
• Shows match count and surrounding context, not just the file
• Opens any matched file directly in your external editor
• Auto-detects non-UTF-8 encodings (GBK, Shift-JIS, Big5, and more)

Who It's For

Developers and power users who remember a file by what's inside it — or need fast filename search and deep content search in one tool.