DocFinder
Local-first semantic search for your documents.
Find by meaning across PDF, Word, OpenDocument, PowerPoint, HTML, EPUB, Markdown and plain text — everything runs on your machine. No cloud, no accounts, complete privacy.
- Semantic search — find documents by meaning, not just keywords
- Local AI chat — precise answers from your documents, powered by Qwen3.5 models running offline
- Bring your own models — connect to a local or remote Ollama server and pick any embedding or chat model
- 100% privacy mode — mark files to keep them on this machine only, remote LLMs blocked for chat
- More formats — PDF, DOCX, PPTX, ODT, HTML, EPUB + others
- GPU accelerated — auto-detects Apple Silicon (Metal), NVIDIA (CUDA), AMD (ROCm)
- 100% private — your files never leave your machine
- Global hotkey — bring DocFinder to front from anywhere
Quick Start
Download
| Platform | Installer |
|---|---|
| macOS | DocFinder-macOS.dmg |
| Windows | DocFinder-Windows-Setup.exe |
| Linux | DocFinder-Linux-x86_64.AppImage |
Run from Source
git clone https://github.com/filippostanghellini/DocFinder.git
cd DocFinder
make setup # install all dependencies
make run # desktop GUI
make run-web # web interface at http://127.0.0.1:8000
See the Installation page for detailed instructions.
