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Dowse
Find files by describing them, privately on your PC
Forget filenames. Dowse is a free, open-source Windows app that lets you find files by describing what you remember. Search documents, images, audio, and video by meaning, not just keywords. Find a forgotten photo, a specific PDF page, or the exact moment in a recording. Powered by Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2, Dowse runs AI locally on your PC. No cloud uploads, no subscriptions, and no compromises on privacy. Find what you remember, not what you named.
About Dowse on Product Hunt
“Find files by describing them, privately on your PC”
Dowse was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 0 comments, placing #368 on the daily leaderboard. Forget filenames. Dowse is a free, open-source Windows app that lets you find files by describing what you remember. Search documents, images, audio, and video by meaning, not just keywords. Find a forgotten photo, a specific PDF page, or the exact moment in a recording. Powered by Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2, Dowse runs AI locally on your PC. No cloud uploads, no subscriptions, and no compromises on privacy. Find what you remember, not what you named.
On the analytics side, Dowse competes within Productivity, Open Source, Artificial Intelligence and GitHub — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Dowse performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Dowse?
Dowse was hunted by Walid Hadri. 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 Dowse including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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