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dowse

Staff in any department who keep documents and screenshots on Windows PCs and need to find them quickly.

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  • 32gitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0licence
  • 2 days agolast update
git clone https://github.com/ltspace/dowse.git
README.md

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What it does

A read-only search tool for Windows that finds files by name, by content and by text inside screenshots. It reads PDF and Office documents, source code and OCR text from images, and it opens with a hotkey. The project is open source.

Use cases

  1. 01Finding a contract by words inside a PDF
  2. 02Searching for text in a screenshot
  3. 03Locating source files by name or content

Questions about
dowse.

What is dowse used for?

Staff in any department who keep documents and screenshots on Windows PCs and need to find them quickly. A read-only search tool for Windows that finds files by name, by content and by text inside screenshots. It reads PDF and Office documents, source code and OCR text from images, and it opens with a hotkey. The project is open source.

How do I install dowse?

Run this in your terminal: git clone https://github.com/ltspace/dowse.git

Is dowse open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (ltspace/dowse) under the Apache-2.0 licence.

Is dowse safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.