Search moments
All your footage.
One search bar.
Shotfinder searches every photo and video on your drives in plain English — and jumps to the exact second. Entirely on your Mac.
Search
Type what you remember.
No tags, no keywords, no folder archaeology. Shotfinder's AI watches and listens to every video and photo you own — what's in the shot, the words on a sign, what someone said, who's in it — so all you have to do is remember the moment.
One search bar. Many eyes.
What's in the shot Words on screen Where and when What people said Sounds and music The people in itMoments
Not the file. The exact seconds.
Other tools find the video. Shotfinder finds the moment inside it — every scene of every clip is indexed, so results land on the timestamp and play from right there.
Organize
Save the shot. Build the board.
See a shot you love? Pin it to a board. And the boards you didn't make are already waiting — Shotfinder groups your library by what's in the picture, and bundles your trips by where and when you shot them. Nothing gets moved or copied. Your files stay exactly where they are.
Storage
Never see “storage full” again.
Everything Google Photos and Apple Photos are good at — without the storage bill.
Point Shotfinder at your drives, a cloud folder, or your phone, and watch every last shot turn searchable.
18 TB searchable · $0 / month
Fully local
What happens on your Mac stays on your Mac.
The AI runs on your Mac’s own chip. No cloud. No account. No upload. Your footage never leaves your hard drive.
Runs on your chip
Index 15,000 files. Zero of them leave your Mac.
No API keys
Nothing to sign up for. Nothing to plug in.
Works offline
A plane, a field, a client's locked-down network.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How is Shotfinder different from Apple Photos search?
Apple Photos searches photos well, but it can't search inside your videos to a timestamp, and it only sees its own library. Shotfinder indexes any folder or drive you point it at and returns the exact seconds inside a video that match — like 0:14–0:20 — not just the file.
Does my footage get uploaded to the cloud?
No. Shotfinder runs entirely on your Mac — the AI model runs on your Mac’s own chip. Nothing is uploaded, no account is required, and it works with the internet off.
How does searching inside a video actually work?
Shotfinder detects scene changes in each video and reads representative frames with an on-device vision model. Your search is matched against every scene, and results show the video with the matching moment highlighted so you can jump straight to it.
Which devices are supported?
Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later), Windows PCs, iPhone and Android. The AI runs on whatever chip your device already has, so there's nothing to plug in and nothing to pay for. Intel Macs aren't supported — they have no GPU fast enough to read a whole library.
What formats and drives does it work with?
Common photo and video formats — HEIC, JPEG, PNG, MP4, MOV and more — on internal, external, or network drives. Files are indexed where they already live; nothing is imported or moved.
Can I filter by date, place, or folder?
Yes — Shotfinder reads your files' metadata, so plain-English search combines with filters like year, place, folder, and photo vs. video.
Does Shotfinder copy or move my files?
No. Your originals never move. Shotfinder reads them where they already live — no importing, no renaming, no second copy of a 4 TB drive. All it keeps on the side is a small index and a set of thumbnails so results appear instantly; your files are only ever read, never written to.
What if I move, rename, or unplug my files afterwards?
Nothing breaks. Shotfinder never moves your files, so it expects you to. Next time it looks at your folders it picks up what's new, refreshes what changed, and finds what you moved — it only re-reads what it has to, so it's quick. Your originals are never touched either way.
Can I search a drive that isn't plugged in?
Yes — and this is the part people don't expect. Once a drive is indexed, its shots stay searchable whether or not it's connected. You'll still get the result, the thumbnail, and the exact timecode. Every shot carries a small tag saying which drive it lives on, so an offline one reads “on Samsung T7 — not connected.” Plug that drive back in and it plays instantly. Search a shelf full of archive drives while carrying none of them.
Early access
Be first in line.
The beta ships to the waitlist first, free. Sixty seconds of questions helps us build for your library.