fs-chomper

Inspiration

Windows file searching was too slow and didn't search within files or images.

What it does

Goes through all files within a directory and runs images through an image to text transformer and searches for keywords in files and images.

How we built it

The electron app calls a go binary which crawls through all the files searching for given words. Returns the results to electron via an api for electron to display it. In the background, a python script is run to go through all images and store the keywords in a redis database.

Challenges we ran into

managing state without using react. connecting to redis on the university network.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

being able to scan through 100,000 files in around a second

What we learned

use react to manage state.

What's next for fs-chomper

add capability to sort through more filetypes and to include more accurate image tagging with facial grouping.

Built With

• electron
• go
• node.js
• python
• pytorch
• redis
• tailwind