ProFiler Suite is a local-first desktop file manager for private document collections. It combines full-text file indexing, OCR, PDF tools, duplicate detection, privacy checks, and optional ProSync integration in one Windows-oriented PySide6 app.
It is built for users who manage many local documents and want search, preview, PDF processing, and privacy workflows without uploading files to a cloud service.
- Local SQLite file index for folders, document collections, and versioned file entries
- Full-text search across PDF, DOCX, TXT, RTF, images, spreadsheets, and code files
- OCR workflow for scanned PDFs and image documents via Tesseract
- PDF utilities for encryption, decryption, page extraction, OCR, text removal, and export
- Duplicate and version handling with SHA-256 based file fingerprints
- Privacy traffic light for finding potentially sensitive files before sharing or archiving
- Cloud-placeholder awareness for OneDrive-style local file libraries
- Optional ProSync companion launcher for folder synchronization workflows
- Desktop GUI with dark/light theme support and system tray integration
- Included helper tools for SQLite inspection and Excel import
ProFiler is useful when you need a private document management tool for:
- searchable local archives of PDFs, Office documents, text files, and scanned paperwork
- OCR-assisted document indexing without a hosted SaaS service
- file cleanup, duplicate detection, and version review across folders
- PDF handling for small office workflows
- privacy review before forwarding, exporting, or publishing document bundles
- a companion desktop hub next to tools such as ProSync and SQLiteViewer
pip install -r requirements.txt
python Profiler_Suite_V15.pyOn Windows you can also start the app with:
START.bat- Python 3.8+
- PySide6
- Tesseract OCR for OCR features
- Optional PDF/OCR libraries listed in
requirements.txt
OCR requires Tesseract. Configure the executable path in profiler_config.json if the portable copy or system installation is not auto-detected.
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
profiler_config.json |
Main paths, OCR settings, and index configuration |
profiler_settings.json |
UI settings, theme, and optional prosync_path |
search_config.json |
Search databases, filters, and search options |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
Profiler_Suite_V15.py |
Main desktop application |
ProFiler_Datenschutzampel.py |
Standalone privacy traffic-light check |
SQLiteViewer.py |
SQLite database viewer for index inspection |
import_excel_to_profiler.py |
Excel import for existing file lists |
indent_gui_checker.py |
GUI indentation checker for development maintenance |
| Category | Formats |
|---|---|
| Documents | PDF, DOCX, TXT, RTF |
| Images | PNG, JPG, TIFF with OCR support |
| Spreadsheets | XLSX, XLS, CSV |
| Other files | Indexed by metadata and file category |
Looking for full-text search with BM25 ranking, LLM summarization, or a web viewer for your documents? See KnowledgeDigest, a portable knowledge database from the same author.
| ProFiler | KnowledgeDigest | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | File management, PDF tools, OCR, privacy | Knowledge search, chunking, LLM summaries |
| Search | Multi-DB, type/size/date filters | FTS5 with BM25 ranking and snippets |
| Encrypt, decrypt, extract, redact, OCR | Read-only text extraction | |
| Privacy | Anonymization, redaction, clipboard guard | Not the focus |
| AI | Not the focus | LLM summarization and keyword extraction |
| Interfaces | Desktop GUI, system tray | Desktop GUI, web viewer, CLI, Python API |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
ProFiler supports privacy workflows, redaction, and anonymization, but it does not guarantee complete removal of sensitive information. Always review generated files manually before sharing or publishing them.
ProFiler Suite is licensed under AGPL-3.0. See LICENSE.
This project uses PySide6 and PyMuPDF among other dependencies; see requirements.txt and THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt.
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