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Fileon is a macOS app that indexes your local files and lets you search them using natural language. Just describe what you're looking for—no need to remember filenames or exact keywords. It combines full-text search with on-device AI semantic search. Everything runs locally—your files never leave your Mac. Free for filename search; Pro adds semantic search with a 30-day trial.
I built Fileon because I kept losing track of files on my Mac. I'd remember the content — a renovation quote around 90k, a contract clause, a paragraph from last month's report — but never the filename or folder. Spotlight searches by filename, not by meaning.
So I created Fileon: a macOS app that indexes local files and lets you search them with natural language. Just describe what you're looking for and Fileon finds it by semantic meaning, not keyword matching. Everything runs on-device — no cloud, no uploads, your files never leave your Mac. The embedding model runs locally via ONNX Runtime.
It handles Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and plain text, extracting content deep inside documents that Spotlight often misses. I'd love to hear your file-finding challenges!
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About Fileon on Product Hunt
“Find any local file with one sentence”
Fileon was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #136 on the daily leaderboard. Fileon is a macOS app that indexes your local files and lets you search them using natural language. Just describe what you're looking for—no need to remember filenames or exact keywords. It combines full-text search with on-device AI semantic search. Everything runs locally—your files never leave your Mac. Free for filename search; Pro adds semantic search with a 30-day trial.
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