Searchy understands your images. Search for "sunset over mountains", text in screenshots like "invoice 2024", or find photos by face. Hybrid search combines visual understanding with OCR. Private. Fast. Free. review infosec audit
OCR Search
Main App
Spotlight
Features
Powerful image search without the complexity
Uses CLIP model to understand image content. Search by describing what's in the photo, not file names.
All processing happens on your Mac. No cloud uploads, no data collection, no tracking. Your photos stay yours.
Leverages Apple Metal for blazing fast GPU-accelerated indexing. Built and optimized for Apple Silicon Macs.
Global hotkey (⌘+Shift+Space) brings up a spotlight-style search anywhere. Copy and paste images instantly.
Auto-index new images as they're added. Set up watched folders with custom filename filters.
No subscriptions, no premium tiers. The code is on GitHub. Use it, fork it, improve it.
Find duplicate and near-duplicate images using visual similarity scoring. Clean up your photo library effortlessly.
Automatically detect and group photos by faces. Find all photos of a specific person instantly.
Filter by date, file size, image dimensions, or file type. Combine with semantic search for precise results.
Extracts text from images automatically. Search for text in screenshots, documents, signs. Combines semantic + text matching.
Select any image and find visually similar ones in your library. Great for finding variations or related shots.
Getting Started
One-time setup to get Searchy running
Download the DMG, open it, and drag Searchy to Applications.
Download DMG (2.7 MB)On first launch, Searchy automatically sets up the CLIP model (~2GB). Takes 3-5 minutes.
Note: Right-click → Open the first time (macOS security).
Index a folder, then search by describing what you're looking for. Press ⌘+Shift+Space for quick search anywhere.