DocFinder v1.1.2

What's Changed

✅ Fixed

• Windows: Silent startup crash resolved (multiprocessing.freeze_support()), added torch.cuda hidden imports, native error dialog, and persistent startup logging.
• UI: The Search button no longer jumps on hover.

Added

• CI: Smoke tests for macOS, Windows, and Linux (startup/log verification).

Changed

• Improved multiprocessing handling for PyInstaller-built apps.

📦 Downloads

Platform	Download
macOS	DocFinder-macOS.dmg
Windows	DocFinder-Windows-Setup.exe
Linux	DocFinder-Linux-x86_64.AppImage

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.1.2

What's Changed

• Fix windows bug by @filippostanghellini in #19

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.1.2

DocFinder v1.1.1

What's Changed

✨ Added

• Improved User Interface with better design and user experience

🔄 Changed

• License changed from MIT to AGPL-3.0 to comply with PyMuPDF licensing requirements
• Switched PDF parsing from pypdf to PyMuPDF for faster and more reliable text extraction
• Completely revamped README with better structure and documentation

📦 Downloads

Platform	Download
macOS	DocFinder-macOS.dmg
Windows	DocFinder-Windows-Setup.exe
Linux	DocFinder-Linux-x86_64.AppImage

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.1.1

What's Changed

• UI improvements and v1.1.1 release preparation by @filippostanghellini in #17

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.1.1

DocFinder v1.0.1

🐛 Bug Fix Release

Fixed

• Fixed Linux build failing due to disk space issues on CI runner
• Excluded unnecessary CUDA/GPU libraries from bundle (GPU support still works via system libraries)
• Optimized bundle size by using CPU-only PyTorch for builds

Downloads

• macOS: DocFinder-macOS.dmg
• Windows: DocFinder-Windows-Setup.exe
• Linux: DocFinder-Linux-x86_64.AppImage

Notes

GPU acceleration (NVIDIA CUDA, AMD ROCm, Apple Metal) is still fully supported - the application uses GPU libraries from your system at runtime.

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.0.1

DocFinder v1.0.0

🎉 First Desktop Release

DocFinder is now available as a native desktop application!

Downloads

Platform	File	Notes
macOS	DocFinder-macOS.dmg	Drag to Applications
Windows	DocFinder-Windows-Setup.exe	Run installer
Linux	DocFinder-Linux-x86_64.AppImage	Make executable

What's New

• 🖥️ Native desktop GUI using pywebview
• 📦 Standalone app - no Python required
• 🔍 Full semantic PDF search
• 📁 Index folders directly from the app
• 💾 Database stored in ~/Documents/DocFinder/

Installation Notes

See README for security bypass instructions (unsigned app).

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v1.0.0

What's Changed

• Refactor PDF chunking and indexing for streaming by @filippostanghellini in #12
• Add desktop GUI and build scripts for DocFinder by @filippostanghellini in #14

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v1.0.0

v0.2.0 - Performance Optimizations & Security Improvements

This release brings major performance improvements, memory optimizations, and critical security fixes!

Highlights

• 1.7x faster on Apple Silicon with ONNX backend
• 30% less memory usage with batch processing
• Critical security fixes for path traversal vulnerabilities
• Developer tools for better development workflow

🆕 What's New

Features

ONNX Backend Support

• Automatic hardware detection for Apple Silicon, NVIDIA CUDA, AMD ROCm
• Up to 1.7x faster on compatible hardware
• Configurable backend selection via EmbeddingConfig

Memory Optimization

• Mini-batch processing (4 texts at a time) prevents OOM errors
• Batch file indexing (2 files at a time) for large document sets
• Strategic garbage collection after each batch
• Successfully indexes large collections on 16GB RAM systems

Development Tools

• Makefile for common development tasks
• Pre-commit hooks for code quality
• check-ci.sh to test CI checks locally before pushing

Security Fixes

• 🚨 CRITICAL: Path Traversal Vulnerabilities Fixed (CWE-22)
  • Canonical path validation with os.path.realpath()
  • String prefix check for safe directory containment
  • Restricted file access to safe base directories
  • Null byte validation
  • Symlink attack prevention
• Fixed log injection vulnerability using safe format strings
• All paths validated before filesystem operations
• All GitHub CodeQL security checks passed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Windows path handling for cross-platform compatibility
• Fixed path handling with spaces in directory names
• Fixed web form validation for special characters
• Fixed memory exhaustion on 16GB RAM systems
• All lint and formatting issues resolved

Performance Improvements

Platform	Speed Improvement	Memory Reduction
Apple Silicon (M4)	~1.7x faster	-30% RAM
NVIDIA GPU	2-5x faster	Optimized
AMD GPU (ROCm)	Optimized	Optimized
Intel Mac (ONNX)	~1.5x faster	Improved

Upgrade Guide

# Standard installation
pip install --upgrade docfinder

# With GPU support (NVIDIA)
pip install --upgrade "docfinder[gpu]"

Initial Release

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

0.1.0 - 2025-11-08

Added

• Initial release of DocFinder
• PDF text extraction and chunking with pypdf
• Local semantic embeddings using sentence-transformers and onnxruntime
• SQLite-based vector storage with BLOB storage
• Command-line interface for indexing, searching, and pruning
• Top-k semantic search using cosine similarity
• Optional FastAPI web interface for interactive document search
• Multi-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows)
• Python 3.10+ compatibility
• Comprehensive test suite with pytest
• CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Code quality checks with ruff
• Security scanning with CodeQL and dependency review
• Automated coverage reporting

Changed

• Implemented lazy imports for web dependencies to allow basic CLI usage without web extras

Fixed

• Fixed import errors when using CLI without web extras installed
• Fixed linting issues for consistent code style
• Updated ruff configuration to use non-deprecated settings