DigUp docs
Installing DigUp, searching with it, choosing what it reads, and how it works, on a Mac, on Windows and on Linux.
InstallGet DigUp on a Mac, Windows or Linux.
Your first searchesWhat to type, and where results open.
Choose foldersWhat gets read, and what's left out.
TroubleshootingFixes for the problems people run into.
DigUp searches the files on your computer by what's in them. It runs Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2, a model that puts text, pictures, sound and video in one shared space, so a description in your own words finds the photo, the PDF page, the minute in a recording or the moment in a video.
New here? The one-minute product video shows it in use. Then install it, pick a few folders, and press the shortcut. Everything below is for when you want to know more, and Troubleshooting has fixes for the problems people run into. Press / on any page to search all of it.
Get started
- Install on MacDownload DigUp for an Apple Silicon Mac, or install it with Homebrew.
- Install on WindowsInstall the DigUp beta on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, without admin rights.
- Install on LinuxInstall the DigUp beta from the .deb on Ubuntu, Debian and Mint, or run the AppImage anywhere else.
- First launchWhat setup asks, what the model download is, and what happens while DigUp reads your folders for the first time.
Search
- SearchingThe search panel, its keys, the bigger search window, and what each result tells you.
- Writing a good searchWhat to type: describe what you remember, add the exact words you know, and name the kind of file when it helps.
- Opening resultsWhere a result opens: recordings and videos at the moment, PDFs at the page, code at the line, and which apps can be told where.
- Code searchSearch your projects by what the code does, go to where a name is defined, and open the result in your editor at the line.
Your files
- Choosing foldersWhich folders DigUp reads, what it leaves out inside them, and how to see and change what isn't read.
- What DigUp readsEvery kind of file DigUp reads on each system, what it reads from it, and what it leaves out.
- IndexingThe first pass, how DigUp keeps up after it, and how to pause it, keep it off battery, or keep it to set hours.
Help
- TroubleshootingFixes for the problems people run into, by area. Each one has its own link.
- FAQShort answers to the questions people ask about DigUp: privacy, speed and size, files and languages, and the three systems.
- Report a bugWhat to include in a bug report, where DigUp's logs are on each system, and how to report a security problem.
Reference
- SettingsEvery setting in DigUp, tab by tab, on the Mac and on Windows and Linux.
- Updates and versionsHow DigUp updates itself on each system, what a beta is, and how one version line covers the Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Command lineThe digup program inside the app: search the app's index from a terminal, or get results as JSON for scripts.
- UninstallHow to remove DigUp from each system, with the model, the index and the settings.
Under the hood
- How it worksHow DigUp turns your files into one searchable space with EmbeddingGemma 2, ranks results, runs the model, and keeps its index valid.
- Privacy and securityWhat DigUp does on the network, what it reads, what it stores and where, how its downloads and updates are signed, and how to report a problem.