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CLUSTER DESKTOP-FILE-FILES · 43 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-06-12

Desktop file search utilities

This cluster comprises desktop and local file search tools that index file names and contents for fast, often offline retrieval across documents, PDFs, archives, and emails. The dated history before the index start shows a single entry in 2014 followed by a gap, then a recurring trickle of entries from 2021 onward through 2026, with a slightly higher frequency in 2024-2026 but no uniform trend. Among traction leaders, android_everything leads with 230 stars, far ahead of text_search (17) and FloePod (4).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2014: 1MAY 2021: 1DEC 2021: 1AUG 2022: 1JUL 2023: 1AUG 2024: 1NOV 2024: 1SEP 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1APR 2026: 2JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 9SEP 2026: 17OCT 2026: 5
JUN 2014OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled

Operator · 12 hobby · 2 indie · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01android_everything301★1 mo—hobbyDesktop utility that indexes and searches files on Android devices connected via ADB, providing fast local results through a graphical interface.
  2. 02oil-find46★1 dayliveindieDesktop file search app for macOS that indexes filenames in memory and shows instant results as the user types.
  3. 03paperlight12★13 dayslivehobbyDesktop app that searches PDF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents by file name or text content, keeping search local and private.
  4. 04text_search21★1 mo—Local document search tool that indexes file contents and provides keyword search with filters and previews.
  5. 05fast-folder-cli2★6 days—hobbyCommand-line search tool that locates folders on Windows by name via concurrent disk scanning, expands environment variables, and opens results in Explorer.
  6. 06FloePod4★1 mo—Windows desktop utility that lets users temporarily stage and quickly retrieve files to speed up everyday work tasks.
  7. 07SnipBoard1★11 dayslivehand-codedhobbyWindows desktop app that organizes local screenshots and images into a searchable library with tags, filters, and a reference canvas.
  8. 08floki1★4 days—hobbyDesktop search tool that instantly finds files by name across all drives and keeps results updated as files change.
  9. 09MeiliOps1★11 daysliveindieDesktop admin app for a search engine server that lets users browse documents, adjust settings, track indexing tasks, and run local instances.
  10. 10argus1★16 days—Desktop search tool for Windows that instantly finds files across all drives, with live search, query syntax, and duplicate detection.
  11. 11indexly0★1 mo—hobbyLocal file index manager that imports multiple data files and searches across them instantly and privately in the browser.
  12. 12quicksearch0★13 days—hobbyWindows utility that searches filenames and file contents across entire drives from a global hotkey and opens matches in the editor.
  13. 13lokii0★8 days—hobbymacOS file search utility that finds files by name across the entire system, similar to Everything for Windows.
  14. 14Folder-City0★18 dayslivehobbyDesktop app that turns local folders into an explorable 3D city, providing search, filters, and storage rankings to inspect file sizes and activity.
  15. 15omarchy-sift0★7 days—hobbyFile tagging tool for desktop users that uses a local or commercial AI to classify files and writes standard tags readable by file managers.
  16. 16smart-file-organizer-v40★25 days—hand-codedhobbyWindows file organizer that surfaces frequently used files, keeps others in simple folders, and enables full-text search.
  17. 17AizenRex-Search-man0★21 days—Desktop app that instantly finds and indexes local files across Windows drives through a fast native search interface.
  18. 18file-searcher0★25 days—Desktop file search application that indexes user-selected folders and provides instant filename and path queries with incremental updates.
  19. 19ReperIO0★8 dayslivehobbyDesktop utility that searches, indexes, exports, and copies files on large slow network file servers without requiring installation.
  20. 20DataSearch1★27 days—Offline desktop search tool that indexes file names and contents for full-text search, supporting Russian morphology and cross-platform operation.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.