# Loupe

> On-device search for macOS. Finds files by what is written inside them — including
> scanned paper, photographs of documents and screenshots, which ordinary search cannot
> read because they contain pictures of text rather than text. Everything runs on the
> user's own Mac: no file, filename or search query is ever uploaded, and the app only
> ever reads — it never moves, renames or deletes anything.

Requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 26 or later. Free for 7 days with no card,
then $5.99 a month or $39.99 once, with 30 days to change your mind.

## Pages

- [Find any file on your Mac by what's inside it — Loupe](https://macloupe.com/): Search your Mac by what's written inside your files — scans, photos of documents, screenshots, any language. All on-device. Free for 7 days, no card.
- [Spotlight alternative for Mac that reads inside your files](https://macloupe.com/mac-spotlight-alternative): Spotlight only finds text that is already text. Loupe reads scans, photos and screenshots on-device, and matches meaning as well as words.
- [Search scanned documents on a Mac — OCR that runs on-device](https://macloupe.com/search-scanned-documents-mac): A scan is a picture, so ordinary Mac search finds nothing in it. On-device OCR in 30 languages makes it searchable — without altering your file.
- [Search inside PDFs on a Mac — across every folder at once](https://macloupe.com/search-inside-pdfs-mac): Find the PDF by a phrase inside it, not its filename. Reads PDF text, OCRs scanned ones, and matches on meaning — across your whole disk, on-device.
- [Find photos and screenshots on a Mac by what is in them](https://macloupe.com/search-photos-screenshots-mac): Screenshots named by timestamp and photos named IMG_4471 are unfindable. An on-device model reads and describes them, so you can search for what you saw.
- [Semantic code search on a Mac — find files by what they do](https://macloupe.com/semantic-code-search-mac): Describe the file and get it, across every repository on your disk. Identifiers read as words, declarations outrank mentions, node_modules skipped.
- [Loupe vs DEVONthink — index, not filing system](https://macloupe.com/vs/devonthink): DEVONthink is a document manager you file into. Loupe indexes the folders you already have. An honest comparison, including where DEVONthink wins.
- [Loupe vs HoudahSpot — better query or better index](https://macloupe.com/vs/houdahspot): HoudahSpot refines the Spotlight index. Loupe builds its own, having read your scans and photos. Which helps depends on why your search fails.
- [Privacy policy — Loupe](https://macloupe.com/privacy-policy): Exactly what leaves your Mac: a one-time model download, and a licence check if you buy. No files, no filenames, no telemetry, no cookies.
- [Terms of use — Loupe](https://macloupe.com/terms): The trial, the licence, refunds within 30 days, and what is and is not promised. Written to be read rather than survived.

## Full text

- [Everything above, as plain text](https://macloupe.com/llms-full.txt)