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Mirowl
Search all your screenshots via a local OCR-powered AI
28 followers
Search all your screenshots via a local OCR-powered AI
28 followers
A frictionless, local-first Mac app to index and search all your screenshots and image assets. Built with Rust/Tauri for zero footprint and powered by native macOS Vision for 10x OCR accuracy. Optional cloud, no tracking—just pure utility.
Mirowl
Local OCR is a smart call, especially for screenshots that often have personal stuff in them. Curious which engine you went with under the hood, Apple Vision or something custom? I work with on-device OCR too and the accuracy on dense text was the hardest part to get right.
Mirowl
@erdembilgin Great question! The accuracy on dense text is definitely the 'final boss' of local OCR.
For Mirowl, I moved entirely to the native Apple Vision framework for the text extraction. In my testing for v1.1.0, it was spot on compared to general models, especially for high-res Retina shots.
For the auto-categorization and tagging, I’m using a local model so that we can keep the entire pipeline on-device.
Thoth - Your Private AI Scribe
Nice that everything happens on device, as i state with thoth, our devices have more computing power than the Apollo guidance computer so why offload computing to the cloud !
Quick question: does Mirowl rename the files or propose titles based on the content, or is it search-only? Auto-naming "Screen Shot 2026..." into something findable would be huge for me. To keep that local it could be done with apple intelligence
Mirowl
@matthieu_v Love the Apollo Guidance Computer analogy! You’re absolutely right - our local hardware is more than capable of handling these workflows without a 'cloud tax.'
Regarding re-naming, Currently, Mirowl keeps the original file name on your disk to ensure we don't disrupt your existing filing system, but allows you to rename the asset within the app for searchability.
However, auto-naming 'Screen Shot' files is one of my top roadmap items. I’m actually exploring how to leverage Apple Intelligence and local LLMs to do exactly that in the next version. It’s the final step to truly killing the desktop clutter!