Filename & keyword search
Instant matches on file names and full-text content extracted from PDFs, Office docs, and more.
100% offlineopen source, GPLv3Android 7+
Find any document on your phone, instantly.
SeekMyDocs indexes the PDFs, spreadsheets, notes, and scans already sitting on your Android device, then lets you search them by filename, keyword, scanned text, or meaning. No internet connection needed, and your files never leave your phone.
v1.0.0-alpha.1 · free forever · no account, no ads, no analytics
offline · 0 network requests
Search that understands your files
Four ways to find a document on your Android phone, fused into one result list. Everything runs on your phone's CPU, fully offline; the index updates itself in the background as files change.
Semantic search
An on-device embedding model understands meaning, not just exact words, so searching “electricity bill” also turns up “utility payment”.
OCR for scans
Search text trapped inside scanned PDFs and photographed documents, including handwriting-adjacent print.
One ranked result list
All four signals fuse into a single ranking that also weighs recency and how often you open a document.
pdfdocxxlsxpptxodtodsodpepubtxtmdcsvjsonxml
Nothing leaves your device. Provably.
Most apps ask you to trust a privacy policy. SeekMyDocs doesn't need one: the app never requests the internet permission, so Android itself guarantees it can't phone home. This is every permission it asks for.
- No document content is ever uploaded anywhere
- Embeddings and OCR run entirely on-device via ONNX Runtime
- Everything stays in a local SQLite database on your phone
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"android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /><uses-permission android:name=
"android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<!-- android.permission.INTERNET --><!-- ^ not requested. can't phone home. -->How it works
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Grant storage access
SeekMyDocs asks for file access once, so it can find documents on your device.
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The index builds itself
Documents are scanned, chunked, embedded, and OCR'd automatically in the background.
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Search instantly
Type a filename, a keyword, or just describe what the document is about.
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Frequently asked questions
The short version: it runs entirely on your phone, it can't reach the internet, and it's free and open source.
Is SeekMyDocs really 100% offline?
Yes. SeekMyDocs never requests the Android internet permission, so the operating system itself guarantees the app cannot send your data anywhere. Indexing, embeddings, OCR, and search all run locally on your phone, with zero network requests at any point, including first launch.
Which document formats can it search?
SeekMyDocs indexes PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, TXT, CSV, MD, JSON, XML, EPUB, and the OpenDocument formats ODT, ODS, and ODP. For PDFs it reads the real embedded text layer directly, and falls back to OCR only for scanned or image-only pages.
How does on-device semantic search work?
A small embedding model (Snowflake arctic-embed-s, running through ONNX Runtime) converts your documents and your query into vectors right on the device. Because it matches meaning rather than exact words, searching "electricity bill" can surface a file about a "utility payment" even when the words never match.
Can it search scanned documents and photos?
Yes. SeekMyDocs uses an on-device OCR engine (PaddleOCR PP-OCRv4) to read text trapped inside scanned PDFs and photographed documents, so those files become fully searchable alongside your regular documents. The OCR runs entirely on your phone.
Is my data private?
Completely. No document content, embedding, or query ever leaves your device. Everything the app builds is kept in a local SQLite database on your phone, and because the app has no internet permission it physically cannot phone home.
Is SeekMyDocs free and open source?
Yes. SeekMyDocs is free forever, with no account, no ads, and no analytics, and it is open source under the GPLv3 license. You can read the full source, build it yourself, or contribute on GitHub.
Which Android versions are supported?
SeekMyDocs runs on Android 7.0 (API 24) and newer. Prebuilt APKs are available for arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, and x86_64, along with a universal build that works on any supported device.
Download the alpha
Pick the APK for your device's architecture. Not sure? The arm64 build covers most phones from the last several years.
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-arm64-v8a.apkmost phones (64-bit ARM)most phones (64-bit ARM)110 MB
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-armeabi-v7a.apkolder 32-bit ARM devicesolder 32-bit ARM devices96 MB
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-x86_64.apk64-bit x86 / emulators64-bit x86 / emulators150 MB
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-x86.apk32-bit x8632-bit x86136 MB
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-universal.apkany device, bigger fileany device, bigger file312 MB
- SeekMyDocs-v1.0.0-alpha.1-source.zipsource snapshot at this tagsource snapshot at this tag38 MB
Alpha builds are self-signed, so Android will warn about an unknown source. That's expected. You'll grant "All Files Access" on first launch so the app can index your storage.
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