Searchy v4.2

What's New

Bug Fixes

• Fix broken indexing — transformers 5.x changed get_image_features() / get_text_features() to return BaseModelOutputWithPooling instead of a tensor. Every batch silently failed, resulting in 0 images indexed.
• Fix fresh install failures — Setup verification only checked torch + transformers, missing pyobjc, deepface, and Vision. Users with stale venvs passed setup but crashed on text search.
• Fix Python 3.13+ incompatibility — TensorFlow has no build for 3.13+. Venv creation now caps at Python 3.12.
• Fix generic error on pip failure — Now shows last 5 lines of actual pip output instead of "check your internet connection".

Reliability

• Atomic index writes — All pickle writes now use temp file + fsync + os.replace. Index files can no longer be corrupted by crashes or power loss.
• Persistent logging — Rotating server.log, setup.log, and server_stdout.log in ~/Library/Application Support/searchy/logs/.

UI

• Setup redesign — Clean minimal aesthetic, per-package install progress, scrollable error output on failure.

DevOps

• Pre-push git hook — py_compile + ruff + pytest + xcodebuild (~5s).
• 20 unit tests — Atomic writes, filename filters, text matching.
• CI pipeline — Build + lint + test on every PR. Automated DMG release on tags.
• Makefile — make build, make lint, make test, make check, make hooks, make release.

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Install

brew install --cask ausafmo/searchy/searchy

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask searchy
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/searchy

Searchy v4.1 — Stability, Atomic Writes & DevOps

What's New

Bug Fixes

• Fix broken indexing — transformers 5.x changed get_image_features() / get_text_features() to return BaseModelOutputWithPooling instead of a tensor. Every batch silently failed, resulting in 0 images indexed.
• Fix fresh install failures — Setup verification only checked torch + transformers, missing pyobjc, deepface, and Vision. Users with stale venvs passed setup but crashed on text search.
• Fix Python 3.13+ incompatibility — TensorFlow has no build for 3.13+. Venv creation now caps at Python 3.12.
• Fix generic error on pip failure — Now shows last 5 lines of actual pip output instead of "check your internet connection".

Reliability

• Atomic index writes — All pickle writes now use temp file + fsync + os.replace. Index files can no longer be corrupted by crashes or power loss.
• Persistent logging — Rotating server.log, setup.log, and server_stdout.log in ~/Library/Application Support/searchy/logs/.

UI

• Setup redesign — Clean minimal aesthetic, per-package install progress, scrollable error output on failure.

DevOps

• Pre-push git hook — py_compile + ruff + pytest + xcodebuild (~5s).
• 20 unit tests — Atomic writes, filename filters, text matching.
• CI pipeline — Build + lint + test on every PR. Automated DMG release on tags.
• Makefile — make build, make lint, make test, make check, make hooks, make release.

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Install

brew install --cask ausafmo/searchy/searchy

Uninstall

brew uninstall --cask searchy
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/searchy

Searchy v4.0 - Face Recognition, External Volumes, Hybrid Search

What's New in v4.0

Major Features

Face Recognition

• Automatic face detection and clustering
• Name people and search by name
• Pin, hide, and merge face clusters
• Face verification to confirm matches
• Negative constraints prevent mis-clustering

External Volume Support

• Index USB drives, NAS, and RAID arrays
• Store index on volume (portable) or centralized
• Volume status tracking and management

Hybrid Search (OCR + Semantic)

• Automatically extracts text from images during indexing
• Search for text in screenshots, documents, signs
• Combines visual understanding with text matching

Similar Image Search

• Find visually similar images to any selected photo

Instant Image Display

• New images appear in recent immediately when detected
• No waiting for indexing to complete

Other Improvements

• Updated README with full feature documentation
• New demo videos
• Security audit documentation
• Performance improvements

Installation

1. Download Searchy-v4.0.dmg
2. Drag to Applications
3. Right-click → Open (first time only)
4. Click Start Setup (auto-installs Python + models)

Requires: macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon

Christmas Release

🆕 What's New in v4

• Automatic first-launch setup (no manual Python installation needed)
• Recent Images section on home screen
• Improved search focus behavior
• GPU-accelerated indexing with Apple Metal
• Bundled Python scripts in app Resources

What's Changed

• Revise README for better structure and readability by @AusafMo in #18
• Feat/recent images and focus fixes by @AusafMo in #19
• docs: Update README for v4 with auto-setup instructions by @AusafMo in #20

Full Changelog: v3.0...christmasRelease

Searchy v3.0 - Auto-Indexing & Real-time Search

v3.0 Features:

• Semantic image search with CLIP AI
• Auto-indexing of new images in ~/Downloads
• Real-time search as you type
• Spotlight-style interface
• Global hotkey (⌘ + ⇧ + Space)
• Menu bar app
• Instant copy & paste
• Transparent glassy UI

First Release

What's Changed

• feat: first end to end working proto by @AusafMo in #1
• dynamic resizing, icon setting by @AusafMo in #2
• dynamic resizing with presvd aspect ratio by @AusafMo in #3
• feat: added folder indexing option by @AusafMo in #4
• V2.0 by @AusafMo in #5
• feat: dynamic port binding by @AusafMo in #6
• feat: Custom Settings, UI overhaul by @AusafMo in #7
• feat: dynamic port searching bug fix by @AusafMo in #8
• feat: UX Modifications by @AusafMo in #9
• feat: More Preferences options by @AusafMo in #10
• feat: Global HotKey (⌘+⇧+space) by @AusafMo in #11
• feat: Multi-Tabs by @AusafMo in #12
• fix: multi WINDOW bug fix by @AusafMo in #13
• fix: duplicate window issue and UI improvements by @AusafMo in #14
• docs: update README with current features and improvements by @AusafMo in #15

New Contributors

• @AusafMo made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/AusafMo/searchy/commits/first