Stella
Local natural language search across all your files
Stella launched on June 1, 2026 with 109 votes, #343 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
You know the file exists. Spotlight can't find it. Stella can. Just describe it, "my cheat sheet for the final exam," "the product spec from last week's meeting" and Stella finds it. Then drag it straight into Gmail, open it, or launch any app from the same bar. One shortcut for your whole Mac. Free. Private. No account. Bad filenames welcome.
Stella — Natural language search across all your local files. Find documents by meaning, not filenames. Private, local-first, always yours.
Search for "Q3 revenue report" and find it, even if it's named finance_2024_v3.xlsx. Stella understands what your documents are about. Everything runs on your machine. No telemetry, no accounts, no data leaves your device — not even temporarily. A completely private search engine. Spotlight searches filenames. Stella reads your documents and understands what they're about. PDFs, notes, spreadsheets — searchable by meaning, not metadata. No subscription. No freemium tiers. No account required. Works offline, on a plane, off-grid — your library is always searchable. Your text-based documents — PDFs, notes, docs, spreadsheets — are indexed on-device. Describe what you're looking for. Stella…from trystella.co
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