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DigUp
DigUp is a Mac search utility that finds files by their visual and auditory content using Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2.
DigUp is a search utility for macOS that finds files based on what they show or say. Users select specific folders, and the application indexes pictures, PDFs, documents, audio recordings, and videos locally. It uses Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2 model to map text, images, audio, and video into a shared semantic space, enabling searches across more than 100 languages. Users can press a shortcut key to describe what they are looking for in natural language, and the application opens the result directly at the correct moment in a video, page in a PDF, or line of code. The application runs entirely on the local machine without accounts or data telemetry, offering optional code search capabilities for software projects.
DigUp at a glance
- Best for: Software engineer, Researcher
- Runs on: macOS
- Pricing: Free and open source
- Released: October 2026
- Category: AI search engine
- Website: github.com/arahim3/digup
Key features
- Searches local files by visual and auditory content
- Supports text, image, audio, and video inputs
- Recognizes over 100 languages for cross-lingual search
- Jumps directly to video moments or specific PDF pages
- Includes optional code search for development projects
- Runs locally on Apple Silicon using the Mac GPU
- Operates entirely offline without telemetry or accounts
Use it for
- Finding specific moments inside video and audio recordings
- Locating exact text inside PDF pages and screenshots
- Searching source code repositories using natural language
- Retrieving photos and images by describing their visual contents
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