TotalFolder
search & manage
emails and documents content

- runs on your laptop or on your server -


One tool, lots of features, zero hassle
Searching

The software allows searching into millions of emails and documents under one second.
The size of each email or document can be up to tens of MB.

Indexing

Office, Pdf, Html, Text, Rtf and other types of files are supported for both locally stored and over the network files.
Both Outlook and Thunderbird email formats can be indexed.

Ranking

The results are automatically ranked by using algorithms like BM25 so the relevant searches are easy to spot.

Backup

All documents and emails can be saved to a designated location, on the local PC or in the network. For modified documents, the old versions are still available as archived files and the content can be searched.

Safe by default

Privacy and security are ensured by the fact that the software runs on your hardware (from laptops to powerful servers) and no Internet access is needed.

Fast

The content that's found will show highlighted into the quick preview, so there is no need to open the original document.

Covering all your needs
Searching through documents name and content
  • Easily locate the information across massive document collections in seconds and find not just the right document, but the exact paragraph or sentence. Works for :
  • office formats ( doc, docx, xls, odt, etc. )
  • common formats ( pdf, html, rtf, txt, etc. )
  • email formats ( Outlook and Thunderbird )
Powerful search
  • Advanced types of search :
  • search for words within a specified distance of each other
  • search for numbers in a range (numbers between a specified minimum and a maximum)
  • search using Boolean operators (such as OR, AND, NOT)
 
Indexing for fast availability of the information
  • This process organizes data so it can be found, accessed, and delivered quickly (locate the right content in seconds instead of scanning through everything).
     
    On a typical PC, you can index dozens of documents per second so the newly added documents are immediately available for searching.

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    TotalFolder can process files located on the local PC and on the network storage.
BM25-based ranking of results
  • The results are automatically ranked by using the industry standard BM25 algorithm so the relevant searches are easy to spot.
 
Automatically backup emails and documents
  • You have the option to save the backup to a designated location, on the local PC or in the network.
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Back up each version of the document
  • If a document is modified, the old version will be still available for both searching into its content and as archived file.
Starting using it in minutes Easy to setup, easier to use

Download

The software is free to download and easy to install on Windows 10, 11 or server equivalent.

1-15 minutes to download
1-2 minutes to install

Index

After installing the software, you can set the document folder(s) and the emails to be continuously scanned, indexed and backup.

1-2 minutes to set
minutes to hours for the initial scan

Search

On a laptop, a search into the content of
~100.000 files with total size of ~40 GB data
takes ~1 second.

search within seconds

Frequently Asked
Questions
TotalFolder runs on your Windows laptop or server.
It scans selected folders for documents and emails,
extracts and stores the text and related information and
builds advanced indexes for fast searching.
Those are the simple steps for using TotalFolder :
- download the installer and run it on your PC
- start the program by clicking on the icon from the desktop
- at first start, set the folders and emails to be scanned
- after this, TotalFolder will work automatically, just use the user interface for searching
Yes, for scanning and backup up to 5.000 emails and files, you can get a free license.
If your case is outside of the current specifications, please contact at:  
sales@TotalFolder.com or support@TotalFolder.com

Configuration

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CUSTOM CURSOR