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DigUp for Mac

DigUp is an open-source desktop search app for Apple Silicon Macs that lets you search pictures, PDFs, audio, and video by describing what is in them.

Current versions: 0.6.1 for Mac, 0.7.0-beta.1 (beta) for Windows and Linux; checked against DigUp's GitHub releases on October 15, 2026.

DigUp 0.6.1 for Mac

Released
October 12, 2026
Requires
Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 14 or later
Shortcut
⇧⌘Space
Download .dmg (8.7 MB)

The file comes directly from DigUp's GitHub Releases page. Release notes on GitHub

Homebrew install guide

brew install --cask arahim3/tap/digup
SHA-256 checksums
DigUp-0.6.1.dmg 47ebbd404d31cf57df63b62e60a14522654172855e245c9a2c121b613223f8a2 shasum -a 256 DigUp-0.6.1.dmg

Step by step

  1. Download the DMG

    Get DigUp-0.6.1.dmg from DigUp's GitHub Releases page or install it via Homebrew.

  2. Install the app

    Open the DMG file and drag DigUp to your Applications folder.

  3. Start the model download

    Open DigUp from Applications to start the one-time 865 MB download of EmbeddingGemma 2.

  4. Choose your folders

    Select the folders you want to search while the model downloads. DigUp displays how long the first pass will take on your Mac.

  5. Search your files

    Press ⇧⌘Space from any app, type a description of what you are looking for, and press Enter to open the result.

Download DigUp for Mac as DigUp-0.6.1.dmg (8.7 MB) from DigUp’s GitHub Releases page, or install it using Homebrew. DigUp requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.

To verify your downloaded file against the release hash, run shasum -a 256 DigUp-0.6.1.dmg in Terminal.

What Mac includes

DigUp on macOS reads files using Apple’s system frameworks: ImageIO, PDFKit, AVFoundation, and Vision.

  • Text inside screenshots and scanned PDFs through system text recognition
  • Legacy Word .doc files
  • RAW photos and SVG pictures
  • Indexing schedules under Settings → Folders (set default hours such as 1:00 to 7:00)

First launch

On first launch, DigUp downloads the 865 MB EmbeddingGemma 2 model once while you pick the folders to search. If your network blocks the download, download the two model files on another connection and select them with Use Files… in Settings → Storage.

The initial index pass takes a few minutes for a few hundred files and can take an hour for a large Downloads folder. After this first pass, new files become searchable a few seconds after they land.

Press ⇧⌘Space to open the search bar from any app. DigUp lives in your menu bar, where you can monitor indexing progress, pause it, or open Settings.

Questions

Does DigUp run on Intel Macs?

No. DigUp requires an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.

Can I install DigUp with Homebrew?

Yes. Run brew install --cask arahim3/tap/digup in Terminal. See Install DigUp on Mac Using Homebrew for details.

How do I update DigUp on Mac?

Choose DigUp → Check for Updates… in the app to install updates with one click. DigUp also checks for updates once a day automatically.

How do I uninstall DigUp on Mac?

Quit DigUp, then delete DigUp.app and the ~/Library/Application Support/DigUp folder. Its settings file is ~/Library/Preferences/com.abdurrahim.DigUp.plist. If you used Homebrew, run brew uninstall --cask --zap digup.