AIFindTool · local AI file search
Describe it.
Dig it up.
AIFindTool reads the folders you choose: pictures, PDFs, documents, recordings, video, and code. Search with the phrase you remember and it opens the page or the moment. The model runs on your computer. Files are not uploaded.
Not sure which one to pick? Mac: Apple menu > About This Mac. “Chip: Apple M1–M4” means Apple silicon; “Processor: Intel” means Intel. Windows: Settings > System > About, then look at “System type” (x64 or ARM64).
Search by what's inside, not by the file name you hope you used
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IMG
Pictures and screenshots
“that payment error”, “a dog on the beach”. It matches the picture, not just the name.
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DOC
PDFs and documents
“the clause about pets in the lease”. Long files start at the front and finish in the background, then open on the page.
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AUD
Audio and video
“where they talk about sleep”, “the zebra in the video”. The result lands on that minute.
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Code
Optional. Start with code: and describe what the function does. It opens in your editor on the line. Off until you turn it on.
Supported file formats
90+ formats: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, e-books, email, archives, images, audio, video and code. Everything is processed locally; files are never uploaded.
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PDF
PDF
Full-text search; scanned pages are searched by visual content; OCR for garbled text layers.
.pdf -
DOC
Documents
Word (including legacy .doc on all platforms), Pages, OpenDocument, RTF, plain text, Markdown, HTML.
.docx.odt.rtf.txt.md.html.htm.doc.pages -
PPT
Slides & spreadsheets
PowerPoint, Excel, Keynote, Numbers, OpenDocument. Slides indexed one by one (with notes), sheets one by one.
.pptx.ppt.odp.key.xlsx.xls.ods.numbers -
EPUB
E-books
EPUB indexed chapter by chapter; MOBI / AZW / AZW3 without DRM.
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EML
Email
Outlook .msg and standard .eml: subject, sender, recipients, date and body. Attachments are not read yet.
.eml.msg -
ZIP
Archives
Files inside zip, tar, gz and tgz archives are searchable. rar and 7z are not supported.
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IMG
Images (~25)
Searched by what's in the picture, e.g. “photos at the beach”. Screenshots recognized separately; camera RAW via the embedded preview.
.jpg.jpeg.png.gif.webp.heic.heif.bmp.tif.tiff.avif.psd.tga.cr2.nef.arw.dng.raf.orf.rw2… -
AUD
Audio (~16)
Recordings, meetings, podcasts; results jump to the moment.
.mp3.m4a.m4b.aac.wav.flac.ogg.opus.aiff.wma.amr… -
VID
Video (~15)
Searched by picture and sound; results jump to the moment.
.mp4.m4v.mov.mkv.webm.avi.wmv.flv.3gp.mpg.mpeg.ogv… -
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Code & data
Spreadsheets, config, logs and source code in common languages. Enable in Settings.
.csv.tsv.json.yaml.xml.log.ini.py.js.ts.java.go.rs.c.cpp…
Every file is parsed and indexed on your computer and never uploaded. Password-protected Office files and DRM-protected e-books can't be read.
Files stay on this computer
The index is local. The app goes online to download EmbeddingGemma 2 once, to check AIFindTool's own updates, and — only if you opt in — to send anonymous usage counts. Those counts are launches, searches, and how many files of each type were indexed, plus a random install id and the version. Never file contents, names, paths, or search text.
EmbeddingGemma 2 is from Google DeepMind. Review its terms before commercial use. The app's MIT license does not cover the model.
- Choose folders
- Index on this machine
- Search in a sentence
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