Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOS

Category: ai-ml

Tags: local-first, semantic-search, video-indexing, privacy, macos

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 6, Utility: 7)

SCM (Screen Memories) is a local-first macOS application that enables natural language search across photos and every frame of video using on-device AI models. It segments videos into scenes, extracts OCR text and dialogue via Whisper, and offers multiple search modes, all while keeping media private. The project stands out for its deep video scene-level search and self-maintaining library with background re-embedding.

Target audience: macOS users, content creators, researchers, and privacy-conscious individuals

Repository: https://github.com/allenv0/SCM · TypeScript · MIT · 502 stars

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