Find
Search by meaning
Type what a file is about, not what it is called. Find reads inside documents, slides, spreadsheets, scanned PDFs and screenshots, and shows how it reached each result: your words, the meaning, and the folder.
Reperi for Mac
Find files by meaning, walk your folders and keep your clips, from the Mac notch.
Find a file by what it means, walk your folders with the arrow keys, and get back anything you copied. Made for the keyboard. Your files stay on your Mac.
- Keyboard first
- Search runs on your Mac
- Bring your own AI
Needs macOS 26. Planned price: $5, one time. No payment now.
Reperi
What is Reperi?
Reperi is a macOS app that adds a panel to the notch of a MacBook. The panel has three tools: Find searches your files by meaning, Go walks your folders with the arrow keys, and Clips keeps the long texts and links you copy. It is made for the keyboard, it keeps its index on your Mac, and it needs no account.
Reperi at a glance
- Platform
- macOS 26 or later
- Status
- Early access list open. Not released yet.
- Planned price
- $5, one time, no subscription. Nothing is charged today.
- Search
- Runs on your Mac. The search model downloads once.
- AI summaries
- Optional. Bring your own key: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Grok, OpenRouter, Groq, Mistral, or a local server such as Ollama or LM Studio.
- Data
- Stored on your Mac. No account. Copies from password managers are never stored.
- Languages
- Interface in English. Searches and files in Vietnamese and English.
- Macs
- Works with or without a notch.
- Distribution
- Direct download. Not notarized by Apple yet.
Find · Go · Clips
Three tabs, one set of keys
Go
Replaces Cmd+Shift+G
Type a path, or just walk it. Right goes into a folder, left comes back out and remembers where you were. Press Return to copy the file, then paste it into any chat or mail.
Clips
Clipboard history with a memory
Long texts and links you copy are kept for seven days, titled and grouped by the project you were working on. Search marks your words in the list and in the text. Copies from password managers are never stored.
Keyboard
Made for the keyboard
The arrows follow the shape of the panel: the tabs on top, the list below them, the preview on the right. One set of keys works in all three tabs.
- Move through the list↑↓
- Go in: open a folder, or step into the preview→
- Come back out←
- Copy↵
- Reveal in Finder⌘↵
- Next tab⇥
- Clear, then closeEsc
- Open Find, Go or Clips from anywhere⌥F⌥G⌃⌥V
Privacy
Your data stays on your Mac
Reperi has no account and no server of its own. What it knows lives in a folder on your Mac that you can open and delete.
Search runs here
Finding by meaning and reading text from images both run on your Mac. The search model downloads once and then needs no network.
AI is yours, if you want it
File summaries, clip titles and the help for typing without accents use a model, with your own key. Pick a provider, paste a key, choose a model. Without a key, Reperi still searches.
Text from images is never sent
Words read from screenshots and scans stay local. Copies from password managers are not stored, and browser window titles are not sent.
Keys live in the Keychain
Your key is stored in the macOS Keychain and held in memory by the app. It is never written to a file.
Works with your AI provider
Hosted providers, with your own key
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- DeepSeek
- Kimi
- GLM
- Grok
- OpenRouter
- Groq
- Mistral
Models on your own Mac
- Ollama
- LM Studio
Names and logos belong to their owners. They are shown only to say that Reperi works with them, not to suggest that they endorse it.
Early access
Get early access
Leave your email and I will write when it is ready. This is a short list: I am checking whether Reperi is useful to enough people before I open it up.
What is Reperi?
Reperi is a macOS app that puts a panel in the notch of a MacBook. It has three tools: Find searches files by meaning, Go walks folders with the arrow keys, and Clips keeps the long texts and links you copy. It runs on your Mac and needs no account.
What does Reperi need to run?
macOS 26 or later. On the first launch Reperi downloads its search model once, so the first start takes a moment.
Does Reperi work on a Mac without a notch?
Yes. On a Mac without a notch the panel opens from the top centre of the screen.
How do I open Reperi?
Press Option+F for Find, Option+G for Go or Control+Option+V for Clips, from any app. You can also rest the pointer on the notch for a moment. The shortcuts are fixed for now.
Which files can Find search?
Find reads inside documents, slides, spreadsheets, scanned PDFs and images (text in images is read on your Mac), and it also matches file and folder names. By default it indexes your Desktop, Documents and Downloads; you can add or skip folders in Settings.
Does searching without accents work?
Words are matched with accents ignored. For meaning search, typing Vietnamese without accents works best with an AI key set, because Reperi asks the model to put the accents back first.
Does Reperi send my files to the cloud?
No. The index and the search model live on your Mac. Only if you set an AI key does Reperi send short texts to the provider you chose, to write a summary or a title. Text read from images is never sent.
Which AI providers can I use?
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Grok, OpenRouter, Groq and Mistral with your own key, or any OpenAI-compatible server on your own machine, such as Ollama or LM Studio.
What does the AI key cost?
Reperi charges nothing for it. Your provider bills you directly for the few short calls it makes, or you can point Reperi at a model that runs on your own Mac.
Does Reperi work offline?
Search by words and by meaning works offline once the search model has downloaded. Summaries and titles need a connection to your chosen provider, unless you use a model on your own Mac.
What does Clips keep, and for how long?
Clips keeps texts of about 200 characters or more, and links. They are kept for seven days unless you pin them. Copies from password managers are never stored.
Why do I have to right-click to open Reperi?
The early builds are not notarized by Apple. Drag Reperi to Applications, then right-click it and choose Open the first time. After that it opens normally.
Where is my data, and how do I remove it?
Reperi keeps its index, clips and settings in a folder on your Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Reperi. Deleting that folder and the app removes everything. Your AI key is in the macOS Keychain.
Is Reperi released?
Not yet. The early-access list is open and nothing is charged today.
How much will Reperi cost?
The plan is $5, once, with no subscription. Nothing is charged today: the list is how I find out whether enough people want it.