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Ask HN: Organizing and Searching Personal Documents
I have my documents (pdfs, text files, source code, markdown, google docs etc.) strewn across local drives, Google drive and GitHub.
I struggle to search for my pdfs, Google docs and sometimes source code (although grep works decent)
What do you use to help organize and search your personal content?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- tacostakohashi 4y agoI use directories to organize my files.
- zigzag312 4y agoOn Windows I use: - Voidtools Everything for search by name/metadata. - DocFetcher (open-source version) for search by file contents. Everything is excellent, but DocFetcher could be improved.
- 97-109-107 4y agoA few approaches combined make for a very "shallow" search whenever I need something - Johnny Decimal (https://johnnydecimal.com/ https://johnnydecimal.com/) to structure folders - agkozak/zsh-z: Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features. (https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z) - catfish for searching (https://docs.xfce.org/apps/catfish/start https://docs.xfce.org/apps/catfish/start) The 2nd and 3rd component have many alternatives across platforms.
- runjake 4y agoAlfred/Spotlight on macOS. Albert and GNOME Search or whatever, on Linux. Windows Search on Windows. (Windows Search doesn't work very well for me, but it's something.) https://www.alfredapp.com/ https://www.alfredapp.com/ https://albertlauncher.github.io/ https://albertlauncher.github.io/ https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/files-search.html.en https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/files-search....
- anon2020dot00 4y ago“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” – Tom Bodett