Codiclens
Local AI powerd Mac launcher and file finder
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Describe what you want and Codiclens finds it: an app, a file or something you copied, by what's in it, not just its name. A free, open-source launcher that runs on your Mac. 100% local.
PH · launched Nov 6, 2026 · 72 upvotes (top 2%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Search & retrieval
- Prosumer
- AI feature
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes A local launcher with semantic file search can be built with on-device embeddings, a local index and a native or Electron Mac shell, all of which are well-trodden today.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 295 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #13 of 296 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 296 days after the earliest competitor.
- Alfredo · ph · 2026-09-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Glide · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Shlexball · ph · 2026-10-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Orbit Dock Pro · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Look Launcher · ph · 2026-10-20 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Folia Files · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Seek · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Flick — Option+Space for Mac · ph · 2026-10-12 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
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