What Tablif read on ArchiveMind's site
ArchiveMind describes itself as: “ArchiveMind — Discover what's hiding on your hard drives”
- Price model: One-time · free tier
- Free tier: Free up to a limit
- Stage: Live, no waitlist
- How it differs: “Not an “AI file search app”. A catalogue you own, on hardware you own, honest about what it knows and what it doesn't.”
What it is
Calls itself “catalogue and search system” and “desktop app”.
- Calls itself: catalogue and search system · desktop app
“ArchiveMind is a private, local-first catalogue and search system for large collections of files across computers, folders, and external drives.”
“ArchiveMind is a private, local-first desktop app for searching large file collections across folders and external drives.”
Where it puts itself
Its one line of difference: “Not an “AI file search app”. A catalogue you own, on hardware you own, honest about what it knows and what it doesn't.”
“Not an “AI file search app”. A catalogue you own, on hardware you own, honest about what it knows and what it doesn't.”
“ArchiveMind is a catalogue, not a backup: it can tell you what was on a lost drive, but it cannot restore the files.”
What it costs
One-time purchase. A free tier up to a usage limit. No monthly plan. Prices quoted: US $49.
- One-time: yes
- Monthly: no
- Free plan: free up to a limit
- Price: US $49
“US $49, once”
“No subscription — a subscription would sit strangely on software whose whole point is that nothing about it depends on anyone's server.”
Who it sells to
Sells to consumers. In Unicode.
- Sells to: consumers
- Languages: Unicode
“ArchiveMind is a private, local-first desktop app for searching large file collections across folders and external drives.”
“Your files can be in any language — filenames and document text are catalogued and searched as Unicode, accents included.”
How it runs
A desktop app for Windows and macOS. Runs locally and works offline. No API. AI is a side feature.
- Kind: desktop
- Runs on: Windows · macOS
- Runs where: on the device, offline
- API: no
- AI role: a side feature
“ArchiveMind is a private, local-first desktop app for searching large file collections across folders and external drives.”
“Windows”
What it works with
Names M-series Macs, Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime and 1 more on its pages.
- Names: M-series Macs · Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime · Tesseract
“ArchiveMind is a private, local-first desktop app for searching large file collections across folders and external drives.”
“A native arm64 ArchiveMind.app for M-series Macs”
What it offers as proof
Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up.
- Trial asks for: nothing
“No account. Nothing to sign in to, nowhere to sync to.”
“Download for your platform, unzip, and open.”
Sources
Tablif read these pages, last on 6 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.
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