Dotient

Dotient is a desktop app that changes how you find files. Instead of digging through folders or guessing filenames, you describe what you're looking for. Type "beach sunset" or "Dad's birthday" and Dotient finds matching photos, videos, or images — all from a local archive that never touches the cloud. It's a one-time purchase, no subscription, and works fully offline.

Here's how it works: drop any file into Dotient, and a quantized vision model creates searchable profiles for each one. After a few minutes, you can search your entire archive using natural language. The app also includes a graph view that shows your files as connected nodes based on visual similarity, making it easy to spot clusters. Cubbies let you group related files into named collections, add annotations, or build mood boards. The Signal Tuning feature on the Lab page lets you fine-tune search results by selecting a file, labeling it, and teaching the model to find more like it.

Dotient is built for people with large, messy file collections. Photographers and videographers can find a specific shot across thousands of shoots without manual tagging. Designers and art directors can sift through reference images and inspiration dumps. And anyone with years of personal photos will appreciate being able to search for "beach sunset" and actually find it. It's a simple, local-first tool that solves a real annoyance.