My first software project — making images on Windows easier to find

I’m very new to software development, and this is the first project I’ve ever built.

It started with a simple problem: I save a lot of screenshots and images, but finding them again is often harder than saving them.

I usually remember what was inside the image, not the filename, folder, or date.

There are already powerful solutions like Google Photos and Apple Photos, but I wanted something a little different:

Keep my existing folders. Keep my images local. Just make them easier to find.

So I built a small Windows prototype.

Right now, you can search images by:

Filename
Text inside the image, analyzed locally with OCR

Your files stay where they are, and images aren't uploaded for analysis.

Next, I’m working toward more advanced search — finding images by describing what you remember, even without knowing the exact words. Further ahead, I’m also exploring AI-assisted actions for organizing, tagging, and moving images.

But before going further, I want to know if searching text inside local images is already useful on its own.

Do you ever remember what was written in a screenshot, but can't find the actual file?

You can try the Windows prototype here:
https://p1rworks24-ops.github.io/Capixe/

If you try it, I’d really appreciate hearing what you searched for, what worked, and what didn’t.

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