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Privacy-first semantic search for your files, photos, and code — runs completely locally.

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Smart Local Search – open-source local AI search for files and photos

by dan99nik·Mar 12, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

Local CLIP + OCR + semantic search without sending files to any cloud.

Strengths
  • •Multi-modal search covers text, code, OCR image text, and CLIP visual descriptions
  • •Incremental indexing with content hashing avoids re-processing unchanged files
  • •100% local processing architecture makes accidental data leaks architecturally impossible
Weaknesses
  • •Local AI search category has Recall, Raycast AI, and Spotlight alternatives emerging
  • •Zero stars suggests very early - model download UX and edge cases untested at scale
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Privacy-conscious users, developers wanting local file search

Similar To

Recall.ai · Raycast File Search · Everything + AI plugins

Post Description

I built Smart Local Search – a privacy-first local AI search tool.

It finds files, photos and code by describing them.

Everything runs locally: - no cloud - no telemetry - open source

GitHub: https://github.com/dan99nik/smart-locale-search

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