Mira Search
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Local-first desktop app for Mac offering plain English search across file names, metadata, and document contents. Uses semantic ranking, previews, live indexing, and keeps all processing local for privacy. Optional API-based semantic search can be enabled.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Search metadata
- File preview
- Semantic Search
- File Search
Mira Search News & Activities
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POX added Mira Search as alternative to Everything, Listary, DocFetcher and Agent Ransack- POX updated Mira Search
- POX added Mira Search
Mira Search information
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Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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- English
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What is Mira Search?
Mira is a local-first desktop application that turns your folders into a searchable, intelligent workspace. Search files in plain English - no exact filenames required.
Features:
- Metadata search - instantly query file names, types, sizes, and dates across indexed folders
- Content extraction - full-text search inside PDFs, documents, and text files
- Semantic search - meaning-based retrieval powered by local embeddings by default, with an optional Gemini API provider
- Live indexing - add a source folder and Mira begins indexing in the background immediately
- File preview - open or reveal any result directly from the app
How it works:
- Add a source - point Mira at any folder on your machine
- Index - Mira walks the directory tree, records file metadata, extracts text from supported formats, and generates semantic embeddings
- Search - queries are matched against metadata, extracted text, and semantic meaning simultaneously, then ranked by relevance
By default, processing happens locally and your files never leave your device. If you enable the optional Gemini API provider in settings, Mira sends the content needed for embeddings to Google's API using the key you provide.