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It makes you search smarter.It can search all the file system including the video ,audio and picture just with natural languages.

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AI Spotlight for Your Computer (natural language search for files)

by DEEPAN_C·Mar 30, 2026·3 points·2 comments
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Yet another semantic file search when Raycast AI and macOS Spotlight already exist.

Strengths
  • •Multi-modal indexing across images, videos, audio and document formats
  • •Local processing for privacy with only embeddings sent externally
Weaknesses
  • •Raycast AI, macOS Spotlight, and Recall already solve semantic file search
  • •Only 2 GitHub stars suggests minimal testing and community validation
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Desktop users drowning in unorganized files

Similar To

Raycast AI · macOS Spotlight · Recall

Post Description

Hi HN,

I built SEARCH WIZARD — a tool that lets you search your computer using natural language.

Traditional file search only works if you remember the filename.

But most of the time we remember things like:

"the screenshot where I was in a meeting" "the PDF about transformers" "notes about machine learning"

Smart Search indexes your files and lets you search by meaning instead of filename.

Currently supports: - Images - Videos - Audio - Documents

Example query: "old photo where a man is looking at a monitor"

The system retrieves the correct file instantly.

Everything runs locally except embeddings.

I'm looking for feedback on: - indexing approaches - privacy concerns - features you'd want in a tool like this

GitHub: https://github.com/deepanmpc/SMART-SEARCH

Demo: https://deepanmpc.github.io/SMART-SEARCH/

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