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# Zero

> **Privacy-first Finder & Spotlight replacement. What Apple should have built.**

Spotlight sends your searches to Apple, indexes your drives without asking, and often can't find what you're looking for. Finder copy fails? Start over. No resume. No way to see what happened. No verification it worked.

**Zero is different.** Fast search that stays on your machine. Copies that survive disconnect. Verification that proves it worked. Open source core you can audit.

![Zero Demo](assets/demo.gif)

## Download

**[Download Zero for macOS →](https://zero.app/download)**

Or install the CLI:

```bash

cargo install zero

```

---

## Features

| What | Why it matters |

|------|----------------|

| **Instant search** | 1.7M files in 83ms. Local-only. Nothing sent to Apple. |

| **Cmd+K command palette** | Files, actions, locations — keyboard-first. |

| **Resumable sync** | Survives disconnect, sleep, crashes. Picks up where it left off. |

| **Checksum verification** | If Zero says it copied, it actually did. |

| **Split pane** | Finally. No more juggling Finder windows. |

| **Inline editing** | Edit .md, .yaml, .json, .env without opening another app. |

| **Duplicate detection** | Find duplicates across drives in seconds. |

| **Cloud storage** | S3, B2, Dropbox, WebDAV. Same commands, same guarantees. |

| **Todo CLI** | Track tasks in `.todo` files. Lists, tags, due dates. Local-first. |

| **Open source** | Rust core. MIT licensed. Trust, verified. |

### Coming Soon

- E2EE encrypted index

- E2EE transfers (send files to friends, zero-knowledge)

- Automations UI (USB triggers, scheduled backups)

- Batch operations (convert images, resize)

---

## Performance

| Operation | Speed |

|-----------|-------|

| Search 1.7M files | 83ms |

| Type filter (images) | 0.04ms |

| Recent files query | 0.19ms |

| Sync (local SSD) | 874 MB/s |

| Sync + verify | 653 MB/s |

| Resume (vs rsync) | 3x faster |

---

## CLI Quick Start

```bash

# Search (private, fast)

zero search --index ~/ # Build index once (~30s for 1.7M files)

zero search vacation --type images # Find vacation photos

zero search --recent 100 --type images # 100 most recent images

# Sync (resumable, verified)

zero ~/Photos /Volumes/Backup # Incremental sync with resume

zero ~/Photos s3://bucket/backup # Same command, cloud storage

zero verify ~/Photos /Volumes/Backup # Prove backup is identical

# Cleanup

zero dupes ~/Photos # Find duplicates

zero dupes ~/Photos --delete # Remove duplicates (keeps shortest path)

# Todos (local task tracking)

zero todo # Show all tasks grouped by list

zero todo add "Fix bug" bugs # Add task to bugs list

zero todo toggle 1 2 3 # Toggle status (open ↔ done)

zero todo open SECURITY.todo # Switch to different todo file

# System

zero drives # List drives with hardware info

zero erase /Volumes/USB # Secure wipe with verification

```

Enable tab completion:

```bash

zero completions --install

```

---

## Why Zero?

**Privacy:** Your searches stay on your machine. No telemetry. No cloud index. Nothing sent to Apple or us.

**Reliability:** Copies that resume from any failure. Checksums that prove your backup worked. Real progress with file count, speed, ETA.

**Speed:** 1.7M files in 83ms. Not a typo.

**Trust:** Open source Rust core. MIT licensed. Audit it yourself.

---

## Documentation

- [COMMANDS.md](docs/COMMANDS.md) — Full CLI reference

- [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) — How it works

---

## License

MIT — use it, fork it, audit it.

---

**Your files. No one else's business.**

Finder, done right

Permissions, owner, git status — visible in every row. Workspaces that remember your bookmarks. Cmd+K to jump to any file or action. Open a CSV and get a table. Select a file and edit it. All without leaving the window.

etch (main)

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etch (main)/Users/aejimmi/code/tell/etch

Name

Kind

Permissions

Attributes

Size

Date Modified

assets

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

–

10 days ago

benches

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

–

9 days ago

data

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

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9 days ago

derive

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

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2 days ago

examples

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

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9 days ago

src

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

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8 days ago

target

Folder

drwxr-xr-x@

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1 day ago

.gitignore

Text

-rw-r--r--@

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48 B

11 days ago

Cargo.lock

lock

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19 KB

8 days ago

Cargo.toml

TOML

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795 B

8 days ago

CHANGELOG.md

Markdown

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2 KB

8 days ago

LICENSE

Document

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1 KB

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README.md

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rust-toolchain.toml

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TESTING.md

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111 B

9 days ago

⚡ 6 files (27 KB), 6 folders in 14ms/Users/aejimmi/code/tell/etch

Fast search. Smart results.

Searches 1.7 million files in 83 milliseconds. Renders 100,000 results without dropping a frame. Results ranked by frequency and recency — files you actually use surface first, not just the closest text match. Spotlight sends your queries to Apple and leaves traces across your system. Zero does neither.

Search...

Bookmarks

DesktopBookmarkRun

DocumentsBookmark

DownloadsBookmark

Storages

Macintosh HDStorage

Actions

Images

Videos

Code

Folders

Toggle Split View⌘T

Toggle Sidebar⌘B

New Folder⇧⌘N

Never restart a copy again

Finder copy fails? Start over. Zero resumes from the exact byte — survives sleep, crashes, and disconnects. Every file checksum-verified. 874 MB/s.

Syncing Photos

Syncing Photos~/Photos → /Volumes/Backup-SSD/Photos

Name

Kind

Size

2025

Folder

–

2024

Folder

–

Trips

Folder

–

IMG_4012.heic

Image

4.2 MB

IMG_4011.heic

Image

3.8 MB

IMG_4010.heic

Image

5.1 MB

vacation-barcelona.mp4

Video

1.4 GB

IMG_3998.heic

Image

3.2 MB

IMG_3997.heic

Image

4.6 MB

drone-sunset.mp4

Video

892 MB

IMG_3842.png

Image

1.8 MB

IMG_3841.png

Image

1.2 MB

IMG_3799.heic

Image

3.9 MB

⚡ 10 files (12.4 GB), 3 folders synced in 14.6s · 847 MB/s~/Photos → /Volumes/Backup-SSD

Agentic Mode

The agent already has your full file index. Ask it to find, move, rename, or clean up — it acts on its own and shows every step. Claude Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, GPT-5, and more. Bring your own key.

Message the Zero Agent — @ to include context

More than a file manager

Cleanup

Finds node_modules, build caches, system logs, old downloads — 36 categories. Shows the size of each before you touch anything.

Cleanup scan5 categories · 9.3 GB

node_modules23 items4.2 GB

Build caches9 items1.8 GB

System logs47 items340 MB

Old downloads156 items2.1 GB

Xcode derived data4 items890 MB

239 items total9.3 GB reclaimable

Find duplicates

Scans folders and drives for identical files. Shows how much space you'd reclaim. Verifies before removing.

Duplicates3 groups · 26.7 MB

IMG_4012.heic4.2 MB2 copies

~/Photos/2025~/Desktop/backup

presentation-final.pdf18 MB3 copies

~/Documents~/Downloads~/Desktop

logo.png240 KB2 copies

~/Projects/site/assets~/Projects/app/public

7 duplicate files22.4 MB reclaimable

Git integration

Modified, staged, untracked — visible in the file browser. Folders show change counts at a glance.

main

3 modified · 1 added · 1 deleted

src/M

components/navbar.tsxM

lib/api.tsM

routes/settings.tsxA

utils/deprecated.tsD

notes.md?

Codebase indexing

Search for a function and get its definition — not every file that mentions it. Across every project on your machine.

Text editor

Select a file, press Enter, start editing. Text, markdown, code, config — with syntax highlighting for 28 languages.

bookmark.rsRust

use std::path::PathBuf;

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

/// A workspace bookmark

#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]

pub struct Bookmark {

pub name: String,

pub path: PathBuf,

pub icon: Option<String>,

}

Data tables

Open a CSV and see a real table. Sortable columns, auto-detected delimiters, right-aligned numbers.

files.csv

10 rows × 4 cols

name	size	type	modified
IMG_4012.heic	4.2 MB	image	2025-03-11
backup_jan.tar.gz	1.8 GB	archive	2025-01-15
notes.md	12 KB	document	2025-03-10
project_v2.fig	48 MB	design	2025-03-09
recordings/	—	folder	2025-03-08
schema.sql	3.4 KB	code	2025-02-28
timelapse.mp4	620 MB	video	2025-03-07
export.csv	890 KB	data	2025-03-06
fonts/	—	folder	2025-02-20
README.md	2.1 KB	document	2025-03-05

Changelog

Mar 9, 2026

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Roadmap

Cloud native file transfersP2P encrypted file sharingBackup and sync automationPrivacy footprint scannerEncrypted indexApp inventoryCross platform (Linux, Windows)Smarter cleanup findingsDesign and UX improvements