Quickly finding information across many documents, files, emails, and archives on your desktop. It is catalogued under Productivity & Work on PulseGate.

Who should use Recoll?

Recoll is an open-source project built for power users.

Is Recoll still active?

Unverified. Recoll has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

Recoll is developed by Jean-Francois Dockes.

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Recoll

Name: Recoll
Author: Jean-Francois Dockes

FlathubProductivity & Work

Recoll indexes and searches document text and filenames across many formats, including archives and email attachments. It transparently handles decompression and provides one-click access to native editors or quick text previews. It is designed for fast, powerful desktop searching.

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Overview

4 features

Recoll sits in PulseGate's Productivity & Work category. Quickly finding information across many documents, files, emails, and archives on your desktop. Recoll is an open-source project aimed at power users. It is available for free. It ships for Linux.

Jean-Francois Dockes builds and maintains Recoll. Among its 4 catalogued features are Full-text Indexing, Format Support, and Preview Mode.

Full-text Indexing
Format Support
Preview Mode
Archive Searching

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jul · 15:37 UTC
recoll verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Recoll

What is Recoll?: Quickly finding information across many documents, files, emails, and archives on your desktop. It is catalogued under Productivity & Work on PulseGate.
Who should use Recoll?: Recoll is an open-source project built for power users.
Does Recoll have a free plan?: Yes — Recoll is free to use.
What platforms does Recoll run on?: Recoll runs on Linux.
Is Recoll still active?: Unverified. Recoll has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who makes Recoll?: Recoll is developed by Jean-Francois Dockes.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
First seen: 29 Jul 2026
Built for: power users
Model: Open source
Solves: Quickly finding information across many documents, files, emails, and archives on your desktop.

Registered as

Flathub: org.recoll.recoll

Developer

Jean-Francois Dockes

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 29 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: recoll-flathub-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 29 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/org.recoll.recoll

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