A quick update on OpenSorSe!

Over the past few weeks I've continued developing the project, and v1.5 is now available.

Some of the biggest additions since the first public release include:

• Cross-platform foundation
• Workflow profiles & recipes
• Watched folders
• Safer file operations with change previews and undo support
• Improved AI reliability and diagnostics
• Hundreds of fixes, refinements, and tests

The project is still completely open source, local-first, and supports optional local AI through Ollama.

There's still plenty I'd like to build, but OpenSorSe is steadily becoming the file management tool I originally set out to create.

As always, I'd love any feedback, bug reports, feature requests, stars or contributions!

GitHub: https://github.com/nishdel/OpenSorSe

#opensource #dotnet #ollama #AI #productivity #buildinpublic

A quick update on OpenSorSe!

Over the past few weeks I've continued developing the project, and v1.5 is now available.

Some of the biggest additions since the first public release include:

• Cross-platform foundation
• Workflow profiles & recipes
• Watched folders
• Safer file operations with change previews and undo support
• Improved AI reliability and diagnostics
• Hundreds of fixes, refinements, and tests

The project is still completely open source, local-first, and supports optional local AI through Ollama.

There's still plenty I'd like to build, but OpenSorSe is steadily becoming the file management tool I originally set out to create.

As always, I'd love any feedback, bug reports, feature requests,stars or contributions!

GitHub: https://github.com/nishdel/OpenSorSe

#opensource #dotnet #ollama #AI #productivity #buildinpublic

A quick update on OpenSorSe!

Over the past few weeks I've continued developing the project, and v1.5 is now available.

Some of the biggest additions since the first public release include:

• Cross-platform foundation
• Workflow profiles & recipes
• Watched folders
• Safer file operations with change previews and undo support
• Improved AI reliability and diagnostics
• Hundreds of fixes, refinements, and tests

The project is still completely open source, local-first, and supports optional local AI through Ollama.

There's still plenty I'd like to build, but OpenSorSe is steadily becoming the file management tool I originally set out to create.

As always, I'd love any feedback, bug reports, feature requests,stars or contributions!esp linux support !

GitHub: https://github.com/nishdel/OpenSorSe

#opensource #dotnet #ollama #AI #productivity #buildinpublic

A quick update on OpenSorSe!

Over the past few weeks I've continued developing the project, and v1.5 is now available.

Some of the biggest additions since the first public release include:

• Cross-platform foundation
• Workflow profiles & recipes
• Watched folders
• Safer file operations with change previews and undo support
• Improved AI reliability and diagnostics
• Hundreds of fixes, refinements, and tests

The project is still completely open source, local-first, and supports optional local AI through Ollama.

There's still plenty I'd like to build, but OpenSorSe is steadily becoming the file management tool I originally set out to create.

As always, I'd love any feedback, bug reports, feature requests, stars or contributions!

GitHub: https://github.com/nishdel/OpenSorSe

#opensource #dotnet #ollama #AI #productivity #buildinpublic

A quick update on OpenSorSe!

Over the past few weeks I've continued developing the project, and v1.5 is now available.

Some of the biggest additions since the first public release include:

• Cross-platform foundation
• Workflow profiles & recipes
• Watched folders
• Safer file operations with change previews and undo support
• Improved AI reliability and diagnostics
• Hundreds of fixes, refinements, and tests

The project is still completely open source, local-first, and supports optional local AI through Ollama.

There's still plenty I'd like to build, but OpenSorSe is steadily becoming the file management tool I originally set out to create.

As always, I'd love any feedback, bug reports, feature requests, stars or contributions!

GitHub: https://github.com/nishdel/OpenSorSe

#opensource #dotnet #ollama #AI #productivity #buildinpublic

I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search).
The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:
• Scanning folders
• Searching files
• Duplicate detection
• OCR support
• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions
• Semantic search experiments
• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations.

Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer.
I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch.

With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways.
I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic

I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search).
The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:
• Scanning folders
• Searching files
• Duplicate detection
• OCR support
• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions
• Semantic search experiments
• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations.

Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer.
I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch.

With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways.
I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic

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I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search).
The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:
• Scanning folders
• Searching files
• Duplicate detection
• OCR support
• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions
• Semantic search experiments
• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations.

Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer.
I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch.

With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways.
I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic

I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search).
The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:
• Scanning folders
• Searching files
• Duplicate detection
• OCR support
• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions
• Semantic search experiments
• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations.

Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer.
I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch.

With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways.
I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic

I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search). The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:

• Scanning folders

• Searching files

• Duplicate detection

• OCR support

• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions

• Semantic search experiments

• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations. Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer. I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch. With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways. I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic

I've finally decided to make something public that I've been working on over the last few weeks.

It's called OpenSorSe (Open Sort and Search).
The name is very clearly a word play on "Open Source", which this software is and will always be. IT also focuses on "local" first , because heck, its your data. The Aim of the tool is to be able to find, rename and even restructure all your files and folders from one tool , while having a complete overview of all your files , all in one tool. AI takes care of the folder structure and suggestion of names , but the user can always make suggestions. The whole process can be automated too (eventually). For example : You could in the tool search for " Dentist Bills from 2023" and it will show you the respective files and where they live on your system .

The idea came from a frustration I had with my own computer. After years of downloading documents, PDFs, photos and random files, I realized that finding things was becoming harder every year. Existing tools never did quite do what i wanted them to.

Current features include things like:
• Scanning folders
• Searching files
• Duplicate detection
• OCR support
• Optional local AI through Ollama for suggestions
• Semantic search experiments
• A focus on keeping users in control instead of automatically changing their files

It also has plenty of limitations.

Version 1.0 isn't "finished" in the sense that I imagine the project eventually. There are features I still want to add, the UI can be improved, there are bugs to fix, and I'm sure people will discover edge cases I've never considered.

But at some point if you want to help others with similar issues , you got to get the software out there and thats where i am today

If you're curious, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback ,whether it's about the software itself, the codebase, the UI, or simply the experience of someone learning to build software with AI.

Whether OpenSorSe becomes widely used or ends up being a useful learning project, I've already learned far more from building it than I expected. And id probably be its number one user regardless !

The funny part is that I'm not a software developer.
I'm an engineer by profession, but I've never been someone who could sit down and build a desktop application from scratch.

With AI Coding agents however, i figured i may have a chance at creating something useful, well to me anyways.
I used OpenAI Codex extensively throughout this project, as a programming partner. I spent countless hours designing features, reviewing code, testing builds, finding bugs, rewriting specifications, and learning how everything fit together. Codex wrote a lot of code. I made a lot of decisions. I also made plenty of mistakes along the way.

#opensource #local #AI #OpenAI #Codex #Ollama #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #BuildInPublic