Never lose a file again.

Describe it the way you remember it. locatinator finds it in your documents, photos, video and audio.

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Scroll to see it work

Search for what's in it.

No file is called “snowy mountains”, but the photos, the film and your trip notes all come up, best match first.

CtrlAltSpace

See it before you open it.

Ctrl+P previews the file beside the results, cued to the moment that matched. The seek bar marks every other match.

CtrlP

Photos, notes, PDFs, recordings.

Arrow through the results and the preview follows: notes open at the passage, PDFs at the page, your words highlighted.

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Quote the words that must be there.

Put a word in quotes and only files containing it appear. Subtitles count, so a film turns up by one line of dialogue. Alt+1 to 6 filters by kind.

Alt4"…"

Found one? Find more like it.

Ctrl+M finds things like the selected result, down to the moment that matched. Or paste an image to search by it.

Alt1CtrlM

However you remember it.

A word, a picture, a line of dialogue, or part of a name.

pasted.pngAdd words

Search with a picture

Paste, drop or attach an image to find similar ones. Add words to narrow it down.

20:12 · said6:42 · on screen3:10 · heardPage 4

Inside video and audio

What's said, shown and heard is all searchable, down to the second.

vlog

Kitchen vlog 14 - baking day.mkv

Name

Names and keywords

Three letters of a file name are enough. Keyword search works from the first scan.

Straight to the moment.

Not just which file, but where in it. A film opens at the line, a recording at the sound, a PDF at the page, with every other match marked along the way.

Words · what's said or written
Pictures · what's on screen
Sound · what you'd hear

Tears of Steel at 0:31, where “robot hand” is said

0:31 / 12:14

Your files never leave your PC.

locatinator runs entirely on your computer. Nothing you index or search for is sent anywhere.

Private

No account, no cloud. Your files and your searches stay on your computer.

Works offline

After a one-time setup, search works with no internet connection.

Fast on any PC

Uses your graphics card when it can, and your processor when it can't.

Out of your way

Indexing slows down while you work and waits while you're on battery.

Always up to date

New and changed files are picked up as you save them.

Network folders too

Add a NAS folder like any other. If it goes offline, its files stay in your results.

Under the hood

Search by meaning runs EmbeddingGemma 2 on llama.cpp: on AMD, NVIDIA and Intel graphics cards through Vulkan, or on the processor. The index is a single SQLite file. The model is a one-time download of 730 MB to 1.54 GB; the recommended size is 865 MB.

On an i5-13600K with a Radeon RX 7900 XTX, a page of text takes 18 ms, a photo 147 ms, and a two-hour film about 11 minutes.

Hands stay on the keys.

Every action has a shortcut. Change the hotkey in Settings.

Open searchCtrlAltSpace

Open the file↲

Show in ExplorerCtrl↲

PreviewCtrlP

Find similarCtrlM

Search by imageCtrlV

Filter by kindAlt1–6

Next matchF3

Copy the pathCtrlShiftC

CloseEsc

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Everything works without a license, for up to 5,000 files. A license lifts the limit for good.

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Every featureSearch by meaning, inside video and audio, by picture, all of it.
Up to 5,000 filesEnough to try it on the folders that matter most.
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Unlimited filesIndex every drive, folder and NAS share you have.
Yours for goodA perpetual license: no subscription, nothing to renew.
Updates foreverEvery future version is included.
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One license per personAnyone using locatinator for work needs their own license.
Volume and site licensesBetter pricing for teams, and invoicing for your finance team.

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