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[](https://github.com/BildoBeucklin/unsorted-folder-full-text-search)
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# UFF Search - Unsorted Folder Full-Text Search
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UFF Search is a powerful desktop application for Windows that allows you to perform fast, intelligent, and fuzzy full-text searches on your local files, including searching inside ZIP archives.
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It builds a local search index for the folders you specify, allowing you to quickly find documents based on their meaning (semantic search) and specific keywords, even with typos in your search query.
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* **Fuzzy Search:** Finds relevant files even if your search term has typos, powered by `rapidfuzz`.
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* **Wide File Type Support:** Extracts text from:
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* PDFs (`.pdf`)
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* Microsoft Office (`.docx`, `.xlsx`, `.pptx`)
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* Plain text formats (`.txt`, `.md`, `.py`, `.json`, `.csv`, `.html`, `.log`, `.ini`, `.xml`)
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* **Simple UI:** An easy-to-use interface to manage your indexed folders and view search results.
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* **Click to Open:** Search results can be clicked to open the file directly (or the containing ZIP archive).
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A pre-built installer (`UFF_Search_Installer_v3.exe`) is available for easy installation. This is the recommended method for most users.
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### From Source
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To run the application from the source code, you'll need Python 3 and the following dependencies:
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To run the application from the source code, you'll need Python 3.
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1. **Clone the repository:**
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/BildoBeucklin/unsorted-folder-full-text-search.git
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cd unsorted-folder-full-text-search
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```
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*(Note: You might need to update the repository URL)*
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2. **Install dependencies:**
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It is highly recommended to use a virtual environment.
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3. **Run the application:**
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```bash
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python uff_app.py
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python main.py
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```
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## Building from Source
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To create a standalone executable from the source code, you can use `pyinstaller`:
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1. **Install PyInstaller:**
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```bash
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pip install pyinstaller
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```
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2. **Build the executable:**
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```bash
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pyinstaller --name "UFF_Search" --windowed --onefile --icon="favicon.ico" --add-data "assets;assets" main.py
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```
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This command will create a single executable file in the `dist` folder.
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## Usage
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1. Start the application.
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* **Search Technology:**
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* `sentence-transformers` (specifically `all-MiniLM-L6-v2`) for semantic search.
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* `rapidfuzz` for fuzzy string matching.
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* **File Processing:** `pdfplumber` for PDF text extraction.
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* **File Processing:**
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* `pdfplumber` for PDF text extraction.
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* `python-docx` for `.docx` files.
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* `openpyxl` for `.xlsx` files.
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* `python-pptx` for `.pptx` files.
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* **Index Location:** The search index database (`uff_index.db`) is stored in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\UFF_Search` on Windows.
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## License
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This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
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This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
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This license requires that if you use this software in a product or service that is accessed over a network, you must also make the source code available to the users of that product or service.
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