Homedex

Feature · Search

Find files by describing them in plain English

Updated

Short answer

Homedex turns a sentence into filters. “pdfs from last week over 5 mb” becomes kind = PDF, date = last week, size > 5 MB, and the filters appear as chips you can tweak. It also searches file names and the text inside images.

Searching for “password” finds a screenshot, with the matching text found inside the image highlighted

Things you can type

  • pdfs from last week over 5 mb
  • videos from my iphone in august
  • screenshots with wifi password
  • zips bigger than 1gb older than 6 months
  • receipts from gmail last month

What it understands

Kinds of file (photos, videos, PDFs, spreadsheets, archives, apps), dates (“yesterday”, “in March”, “older than a year”), sizes (“over 100 mb”), sources (“from WhatsApp”), cameras (“from my iPhone”) and words inside images. The parsing runs on your computer, with no AI service involved.

Questions

Does search use an online AI?
No. Queries are parsed on your computer by rules written for file search, so it is instant, works offline and sends nothing anywhere.
Can I still search by exact file name?
Yes. Any word that isn't a filter is matched against file names and the text inside images.

Every file you own, easy to find.

Homedex is a visual file browser for Windows. Big previews, plain-English search, text inside screenshots, duplicate cleanup — all on your device.

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