Windows Search has always felt too limited to me. It can open apps and sometimes find files, but when I actually want to search my PC properly, it usually falls apart. I want to search and use features like: * Text inside files, code, and images * Browser bookmarks and history * Clipboard history * Clipboard image OCR * Git commits * Windows settings * Local commands * Text expansions * Web search * Circle to Search * Local agents for Windows Windows Search is not powerful enough for this workflow. So I built **ProtonSearch**, formerly called **OmniSearch**. ProtonSearch is a fast, lightweight, local-first Windows launcher that opens with: `Alt + Space` You can also set your own custom hotkey. It gives you one search box for your PC. Instead of only searching apps or basic file names, ProtonSearch can search across: * Apps * Files and folders * Content inside files, supporting 50+ extensions * Image OCR text * Clipboard image OCR * Browser bookmarks and history * Clipboard history * Git commits * Windows settings and Control Panel pages * Local commands * Text expansions and snippets * Web search * Circle to Search * Local AI agents powered by Hermes The goal is simple: **find and act on almost anything on your PC from one shortcut.** ProtonSearch is not trying to be only a file finder or only an app launcher. The goal is to bring search, history, commands, OCR, snippets, web search, Circle to Search, and local agents together into one local-first Windows command center. Why I think ProtonSearch is useful: * Free and open source * Local-first * Lightweight * Designed to run easily on low-end Windows PCs * Usually around **20-30 MB of RAM usage** * Image OCR text search * Clipboard image OCR search * Fast search inside files, supporting 50+ extensions * Search over centralized PC history, including browser history, Git commit history, clipboard history, and file history * Text expansions and snippets * Circle to Search * Web search * Plugin controls * Ignored folder rules * Hermes agents for local Windows tasks and long autonomous tasks Links Free and open source. GitHub: [https://github.com/PranshulSoni/... Website: [https://protonsearch-windows.ver... Feedback I am currently maintaining ProtonSearch, and honestly, I cannot find and fix every bug alone because building a launcher like this on Windows is genuinely hard. There are a lot of edge cases around indexing, OCR, clipboard data, Windows APIs, tray behavior, hotkeys, multiple monitors, and performance. I would love feedback from people who use Windows every day. If ProtonSearch solves a problem for you too, please consider leaving a star on GitHub. If you have ideas, find bugs, or want to improve something, feel free to open an issue or contribute to the project. Your feedback is always appreciated.

ProtonSearch

Find everything on your PC. From one shortcut.

Find everything on your PC. From one shortcut.