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I’ve been building an application to do this, except for everything on your computer! It’s called APSE[0], short for A Personal Search Engine. [0] https://apse

I’ve been building an application to do this, except for everything on your computer! It’s called APSE[0], short for A Personal Search Engine. [0] https://apse.io https://apse.io

hk__2 7y ago
Having to pay $15/month ($180/yr!) to be able to search stuff on my own computer for years seems awfully expensive. I'd rather depend on some simple open-source piece of software that I can understand and maintain if necessary.
- abraae 7y ago
  Decades ago there was an amazing piece of software from lotus when I worked there called magellan. I remember the first time I saw someone search, and find results in text documents, spreadsheets and many other of the common formats of the day. That was in 1989 and today I mostly search my computer using find and grep commands, since that's what just keeps working.
  - nukst 7y ago
    I should try adopting find and grep, but on Windows I'm currently using this and I'm very happy with it: https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/
    - Multicomp 7y ago
      I use Void Tools Everything to find files by name, and AstroGrep for finding information in them.
- tasogare 7y ago
  Yeah, the sheer idea of paying a subscription for software that is running on my computer to index local resources is crazy. This kind of software should be should sold as one-time buy license.
- crucialfelix 7y ago
  Google used to have a native Mac extension like a launch bar. Command space ... Enter search all local files. It was really fast
  - lloydde 7y ago
    macOS Spotlight became good enough https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)
    - crucialfelix 7y ago
      Well I used LaunchBar and then Quicksilver for many years. Spotlight has never been as nice and hackable as those.
- vxNsr 7y ago
  Yup, I could see paying $180 one time for something like this. but at $180 a year for a self hosted product... that's just very steep.
mrmonkeyman 7y ago
Also, get a mac.

I’ve been building an application to do this, except for everything on your computer! It’s called APSE[0], short for A Personal Search Engine. [0] https://apse.io https://apse.io

hk__2 7y ago

Having to pay $15/month ($180/yr!) to be able to search stuff on my own computer for years seems awfully expensive. I'd rather depend on some simple open-source piece of software that I can understand and maintain if necessary.

abraae 7y ago
Decades ago there was an amazing piece of software from lotus when I worked there called magellan. I remember the first time I saw someone search, and find results in text documents, spreadsheets and many other of the common formats of the day. That was in 1989 and today I mostly search my computer using find and grep commands, since that's what just keeps working.
- nukst 7y ago
  I should try adopting find and grep, but on Windows I'm currently using this and I'm very happy with it: https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/
  - Multicomp 7y ago
    I use Void Tools Everything to find files by name, and AstroGrep for finding information in them.
tasogare 7y ago
Yeah, the sheer idea of paying a subscription for software that is running on my computer to index local resources is crazy. This kind of software should be should sold as one-time buy license.
crucialfelix 7y ago
Google used to have a native Mac extension like a launch bar. Command space ... Enter search all local files. It was really fast
- lloydde 7y ago
  macOS Spotlight became good enough https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(software)
  - crucialfelix 7y ago
    Well I used LaunchBar and then Quicksilver for many years. Spotlight has never been as nice and hackable as those.
vxNsr 7y ago
Yup, I could see paying $180 one time for something like this. but at $180 a year for a self hosted product... that's just very steep.

mrmonkeyman 7y ago

Also, get a mac.