Dotient is a local-first desktop application that helps you organize and search through your personal files using ML-powered visual search. Your files stay private, work offline.
I built this because I was genuinely sick of Windows File Explorer. Finding a file you half-remember is a nightmare, and don't even get me started on hunting through PDFs. Dotient lets you find files based on what they look like, not what you happened to name them two years ago, runs completely offline, and gives you a real bird's eye view of everything on your machine. Hope you find it as useful as I do.
About Dotient on Product Hunt
“Your local semantic search app”
Dotient launched on Product Hunt on June 28th, 2026 and earned 268 upvotes and 39 comments, placing #4 on the daily leaderboard. Dotient is a local-first desktop application that helps you organize and search through your personal files using ML-powered visual search. Your files stay private, work offline.
On the analytics side, Dotient competes within Productivity, Privacy and Search — topics that collectively have 684.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Dotient performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Dotient?
Dotient was hunted by Declan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Dotient including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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