Big, clear thumbnails for everything on your Mac, a search that understands plain English, and a quick way to clear out what you don’t need.
Version 1.1.0. macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel
Demo A quick tour of Homy, from search to clean up.
Search
No folders to dig through and no syntax to learn. Type what you remember, and Homy shows you exactly how it understood you. Try one of the searches below.
Example search: pdfs from last week over 5 mb
Files6
Q3 Board Deck.pdf
Oct 3 at 4:12 PM
Lease agreement.pdf
Oct 2 at 11:08 AM
vs Finder
Finder is fine for opening a folder. Here’s what it leaves to you.
 Homy | Finder | |
|---|---|---|
| Seeing what you have | HomyImages, videos, music, documents, archives and apps, each on its own shelf | FinderFolder by folder, the way you filed things |
| Searching in plain English | HomyType “pdfs from last week” and see it as filters you can change | FinderAdd search rules one at a time |
| Text inside screenshots | HomySearchable, and copy the text from several images at once | FinderSpotlight can find it; copy it one image at a time in Preview |
| Where a download came from | HomyEvery download grouped by source: Gmail, Slack, ChatGPT, any website | FinderA “Where from” line in Get Info, one file at a time |
| Duplicate files | HomyIdentical files and look-alike photos, with the space you’ll get back | FinderNothing built in |
| Freeing up space | HomyClean Up cards for old installers, downloads, screenshots and unused apps | FinderIn System Settings, away from your files |
| Your newest downloads | HomyThe last ten in the menu bar, with thumbnails, ready to drag | FinderThe Downloads stack in the Dock |
| Searching from any app | HomyQuick Search with ⇧⌘Space, in plain English, including text in images | FinderSpotlight with ⌘Space |
Compared with Finder in current macOS. Homy shows the same files and “Show in Finder” is always one click away, so you can keep using both. Homy is not made by or affiliated with Apple.
Features
Homy is built around the ways files actually get lost: a name you can’t remember, a screenshot you can’t find, a download from somewhere, a copy of a copy. Five things Finder can’t do, each one a shortcut away.
Natural-language search⌘F
Homy turns “pdfs from last week” into filters you can see: little chips for type, date, size and source. No folders to remember, no syntax to learn.
Text in images⇧⌘C
Homy reads the text in your screenshots and recent photos right on your Mac, using Apple’s Vision framework. That Wi-Fi password, the tracking number, the quote you saw once: just search for it.
Copied text from 1 image
AMBITION WITHOUT
ACTION BECOMES
ANXIETY.
Downloaded From⇧⌘J
Every download, grouped by where you got it: Gmail, Google Drive, ChatGPT, Canva, X, Slack, WhatsApp, GitHub, browser extensions or any website.
Downloaded From
913 files · 129 sources
Gmail
14 files · 9.2 MB
Google Drive
15 files · 457 MB
ChatGPT
63 files · 98.3 MB
Canva
79 files · 103 MB
X
103 files · 119.9 MB
Slack
22 files · 41.6 MB
37 files · 212 MB
GitHub
12 files · 24.1 MB
Extensions
31 files · 86.1 MB
Any website
527 files · 1.4 GB
Duplicates⇧⌘D
Homy finds identical files by their content (SHA-256 fingerprints) and look-alike photos too: bursts, edits and HEIC/JPEG pairs, using Vision feature prints.
Clean Up⇧⌘K
Smart cards on the Home screen point out old installers, forgotten downloads, old screenshots, big old videos and apps you don’t use anymore.
Each kind of file gets its own shelf, so you can see what you have at a glance.
Homy finds the stuff you forgot about and shows you what it’s worth. You review it, you decide. Everything goes to the Trash, so you can always put it back.
Example scan. Your numbers will depend on your Mac.
New in Homy 1.1
Colourful and friendly, or quiet black, white and grey. Switch any time from the top bar, or with ⌃⌘T.
Quick Search⇧⌘Space
Press ⇧⌘Space in any app and a small search panel drops in, Spotlight-style. It understands the same plain English as Homy, and the text inside your screenshots too.
Menu bar
Homy’s menu bar icon lists the last ten files that landed in Downloads, with thumbnails. Drag one straight into Mail, Slack or Figma, or click to open it.
Press Space for the real macOS Quick Look. Arrow keys move through your files, and up and down jump a whole row.
Save “pdfs from last week” or “screenshots over 5 MB” to the sidebar. They always show what matches right now.
Optional rules that move old installers to the Trash and file screenshots into a folder per month. Off until you turn them on.
New actions for the Shortcuts app: Find Files, Get Latest Download and Search in Homy. Or just ask Siri.
Select a few files and drag them all into another app together. (macOS 26 and later.)
Tile Homy to a third or a quarter of the screen and the cards shrink to fit. ⌘+ and ⌘− change the card size.
The little things that make it feel like home.
Totals for every category, plus shelves of your recent photos, videos, music and documents.
Recents, Images, Videos, Music, Documents, Archives, Apps, Smart Folders for Large Files and Screenshots, plus pinned folders.
Switch views, make cards bigger or smaller, and sort by name, date, size or kind.
Press Space for Quick Look, or double-click for a bigger preview. Use the arrow keys to step through files.
Double-click a song and it plays right in the toolbar. ⌘← and ⌘→ to skip.
A live preview plus the details: dimensions, duration, camera and download source.
Quick Look, Open, Show in Finder, Pin to Sidebar, Copy, Copy Path, Move to Trash.
Drag files out of Homy and into Mail, Slack, Figma or wherever they need to go. Several at once, too.
New versions download in the background and install when you quit. Nothing to babysit.
Homy is quick with a mouse and quicker without one. Every main view has a shortcut, and Quick Search works from any app.
You can pick your own Quick Search shortcut in Settings. Homy also adds Find Files, Get Latest Download and Search in Homy to the Shortcuts app, so Siri can use them too.
Privacy
Homy is a native SwiftUI app, not a web page in a window. Text recognition and duplicate detection run on your Mac, using Apple’s own Vision framework. There’s no account, no cloud and no uploads.
Nothing is ever deleted outright. Clean Up and Duplicates move files to the Trash, so you can always put them back. Files that only live in iCloud are skipped during scans, so nothing gets downloaded behind your back.
It follows your Mac’s light or dark appearance, and updates download in the background and install when you quit.
What people are saying about Homy.
Sumit
@sumit_rehne_dey
bought, much needed.. i was thinking about building a similar app for myself.. haha
See on X
Sree
@sree_maker
Much needed bro, I hate mac finder.
See on X
anul agarwal
@anulagarwal
The Mac app you did not want, but you need 🫡
See on X
0xTroyster
@0xtroyster
Bought 1 and i like it. So i decided to grab another code to support you. Love all the keyboard shortcut available. Looking forward to the next update
See on X
ọba
@adeileabe
just purchased this — I'm tired of Finder
See on X
hritik
@AI_Bhaiiii
Mohit this one is crazy good. Definitely buying🔥
See on XPricing
No subscription and no account. One price, every feature, free updates.
Homy
Personal license for 1 Mac
$19₹1,799Regular price $29₹2,499
One-time payment · no subscription
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No. Homy works alongside Finder. It’s a nicer way to see and search your files, and “Show in Finder” is always one click away.
No. Text recognition, search and duplicate detection all run on your Mac. Your files never leave it. The only network calls Homy makes are the license check and the update check.
Only when you choose to, and only by moving them to the Trash. Nothing is ever permanently deleted, so you can always put a file back. The optional automatic clean up rules are off until you turn them on in Settings, and they also only use the Trash.
macOS asks you to approve access to those folders. Homy needs it so it can show and search the files inside them. Nothing is uploaded.
Yes. Homy has two looks: Playful, which is colourful, and Minimal, which keeps everything black, white and grey. Switch any time with the toggle in the top bar, with ⌃⌘T, or in Settings. Both work in light and dark mode.
Yes. Press ⇧⌘Space in any app to open Quick Search, a small Spotlight-style panel. You can change the shortcut in Settings. Homy also adds Find Files and Get Latest Download actions to the Shortcuts app.
macOS 14 Sonoma and later, on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
No. You pay once and keep it: $19₹1,799 for the next 50 customers, then $29₹2,499.
Yes. Pick 1 Mac, 3 Macs, 5 Macs on the pricing card. You get one license key that activates on that many Macs.
Yes. Open Homy › License…, choose “Deactivate this Mac”, then activate it on the new Mac with your license key.
Yes. The license only needs to check in occasionally, and Homy keeps working offline for up to 30 days in between.
Homy checks for updates once a day, downloads them in the background and installs them when you quit. Updates are free.
Email epictools.io@gmail.com and you’ll hear back from the person who made Homy.
Give your files a home that’s nice to look at and easy to search.
One-time purchase. Free updates. macOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel
