# aheze/OpenFind

An app to find text in real life.

Repository: https://github.com/aheze/OpenFind
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openfind
Homepage: https://open.getfind.app
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: app, camera, find, ios, ocr, photos, realm, swift, swiftui, uikit, vision, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2023-02-10T01:10:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2516, "days_push": 1301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1071, forks 71 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:28.116349+00:00)

## What it is
OpenFind is an open-source iOS app that finds text in real life using OCR, letting users search in real time via the camera or across their entire photo library. It supports multiple simultaneous search terms, custom lists (e.g., allergy ingredients), and runs 100% offline with full VoiceOver support.

## Use cases
- find text in real life with the camera
- scan nutrition labels for unwanted ingredients
- search my entire photo library for text
- search for multiple keywords at once
- find text in books and forms offline
- organize photos with stars
- use an accessible OCR app with VoiceOver

## When to choose
- you need an offline, privacy-respecting OCR search app on iOS
- you want to check ingredient labels against allergy lists instantly
- you want to search text across your photo library quickly
- you want a real-world example of SwiftUI, UIKit, Vision, and Realm in a full app

## When to avoid
- you need OCR on Android, Windows, or macOS
- you need a programmatic OCR library or CLI rather than a consumer app
- you need cloud-scale document processing or batch OCR pipelines
- you need actively developed features, as the latest release is from early 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ocr, search-engine, image-processing, gui
- domain: computer-vision, image-processing, developer-tools, accessibility, privacy
- platform: -
- tags: swiftui, uikit, vision-framework, realm, offline-first, photo-search, app-clip, voiceover, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- aheze/OpenFind (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.116349+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:53:48.063973+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aheze/OpenFind (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.116349+00:00, sha 6cf88f4b2fd4)
  - homepage: https://open.getfind.app (fetched 2026-08-29T12:55:47.137572+00:00, sha 2ae81c2f75ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.