buzee-tauri

• Purpose: Buzee is a full-text search application designed to help users effortlessly find files, documents, images, audio, video, folders, and browser history on their Mac or Windows systems. It leverages native OCR capabilities for text extraction from PDFs and images.

• Target Audience: Users who need a fast, lightweight, and feature-rich search tool for their local files and browser history. It is particularly useful for those managing large collections of documents and media.

• Key Features:

  • Fast full-text search across documents, images, audio, video, and folders.
  • Supports semantic search with exact phrases, exclusions, and time-based filtering.
  • OCR for text extraction from PDFs and images (using Textra on Mac and WinOCR on Windows).
  • Scratch Pad for quick note-taking.
  • Global shortcut (Alt + Space) for quick access.
  • Filetype and date range filters.
  • Automatic filesystem sync and low memory usage.

• Framework Support: Built with Svelte 4 for the frontend and Tauri v2 (Rust) for the backend. Also uses SQLite, Tantivy, and TailwindCSS.

• Supported File Types:

  • Documents: CSV, DOCX, PDF, TXT, etc.
  • Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.
  • Books: EPUB, MOBI, PDF, etc.
  • Audio: MP3, WAV, FLAC, etc.
  • Video: MP4, MKV, AVI, etc.

• Platforms: Primarily optimized for Mac, with experimental support for Windows. Linux is untested.

• Tech Stack:

  • Backend: Rust, Tauri, SQLite, Tantivy.
  • Frontend: Svelte 4, TypeScript, shadcn-svelte, TailwindCSS.

For more details, visit the Buzee website or download from Releases .