Instant file search for Linux. No waiting. No bloat. No nonsense.

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Searchy is a Linux-first desktop file launcher that finds anything on your filesystem the instant you type — no cloud, no content indexing, no daemon eating your RAM. It indexes filenames and paths into a local SQLite database and returns ranked results faster than you can blink.

If you've ever used Everything on Windows and felt the loss when switching to Linux, Searchy is what you've been waiting for.

Why Searchy

Linux has find, locate, and fzf. None of them have a keyboard-first GUI that launches in a second, ranks results intelligently, and gets out of your way. Searchy does.

• Instant results — SQLite-backed index with ranked filename/path search, no full-text crawl needed
• Keyboard-forward — navigate, open, and reveal files without touching the mouse
• Advanced syntax — filter by extension, folder, type, and more without leaving the search bar
• Lightweight — a Tauri app means a real native window backed by Rust, not an Electron heap
• Transparent — visible index status, no hidden background magic
• Yours — local-only, no telemetry, no accounts, no sync

Features

Feature	Status
Recursive filesystem indexing	✅
Ranked filename + path search	✅
Advanced search syntax	✅
Open file / reveal in folder	✅
Multiple indexed roots	✅
Index status + scan progress	✅
File watcher (incremental updates)	🔜
Global hotkey launcher	🔜
System tray + start on login	🔜

Search syntax

Plain text works out of the box. Layer in filters when you want precision:

invoice                       # filename contains "invoice"
ext:pdf report                # PDFs containing "report" in name
in:documents invoice          # inside a folder named "documents"
type:folder rust              # folders named "rust"
"annual report" !draft        # exact phrase, exclude "draft"
kind:image vacation           # images with "vacation" in name
under:archive                 # anything under a path containing "archive"
is:folder                     # directories only
hidden:true .config           # include hidden files
exact:Makefile                # case-sensitive exact match

Stack

Layer	Technology
App shell	Tauri v2
UI	React 19 + TypeScript
Styling	Tailwind CSS v4
Backend	Rust
Database	SQLite via rusqlite

Getting started

npm install
npm run tauri dev

For a web-only UI preview (uses a local fallback dataset, no Tauri required):

npm run dev

Project layout

assets/           # brand assets and icons
docs/
  architecture.md
  db-schema.md
  mvp-spec.md
  roadmap.md
src/
  components/
  features/
  hooks/
  lib/
  pages/
src-tauri/
  capabilities/
  src/
    commands/
    core/
    platform/
    services/

Roadmap

1. File watching — debounced incremental index updates so results stay current without a full rescan
2. Native folder picker — replace manual root path entry with a system dialog
3. Global hotkey + tray — summon Searchy from anywhere, hide it when you're done
4. Exclusion rules — skip node_modules, .git, and whatever else you don't want indexed
5. Large-index hardening — pagination, smarter ranking, and performance tuning for deep filesystems

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