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Recall Lite – Local semantic search for Windows (Rust/Tauri, no cloud)

Name: Recall Lite – Local semantic search for Windows (Rust/Tauri, no cloud)
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Author: ii-co

by ii-co·Feb 18, 2026·3 points·1 comment

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AI Analysis

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Replaces Windows Search with vector + full-text hybrid; EXIF geocoding and function-level code chunking actually work.

Strengths

•EXIF → city names + date expansion (July 8am) turns file metadata into semantic hooks; genuinely clever extraction.
•Function-boundary chunking across 60+ languages beats naive byte-splitting; MCP server lets Claude/Cursor understand codebase without API keys.
•Hybrid search (vectors + full-text + JINA reranker) over grep benchmark shows 5/5 tasks where recall-lite succeeds and grep fails—real validation.

Weaknesses

•Windows 10+ only, ~2GB models download on first run limits instant utility; unclear indexing speed on 100k+ files.
•Copilot Recall alternative claim overstated—Recall is cloud-based (different threat model); comparison is marketing, not technical.

Post Description

windows search is useless. copilot recall sends your screen to microsoft. i got mass data, shit filenames, and zero patience. so i wrote my own.

you type what you mean, it finds the file. that's it. runs in tray, Alt+Space pulls it up.

"photos from istanbul" → finds IMG_4392.jpg because it read the GPS from EXIF and reverse geocoded it "summer morning" → finds a photo shot in july at 8am because it expanded the date to human words OCR built in. windows native engine, zero extra install hybrid search: vectors + full-text + JINA cross-encoder reranker. not a toy chunks code at function boundaries. 60+ languages. not "split every 500 bytes" garbage MCP server included. one exe, plug into cursor/claude/copilot. your AI gets local codebase access, no API keys rust + tauri. lancedb. ~2GB models, downloaded once, runs forever. indexes 120+ file types. MIT.

https://github.com/illegal-instruction-co/recall-lite