FindForge combines the three utilities most people install separately: instant file search, disk-space maps, and a duplicate finder that verifies by content — across your drives and network shares. Search millions of files as you type, see exactly what's eating your storage, and clear the dead weight safely.
Everything runs locally on your Mac — fast, private, and built for real disks full of real clutter.
Type and results appear. FindForge keeps a live index of every file, so search stays instant across millions of files, external drives and network shares.
See what's using your space with animated treemap and sunburst maps. Free-space traffic lights warn you before a drive fills up.
Find byte-identical copies across all your disks and NAS shares at once — "is this old share fully backed up on my PC?" — verify them by content, and sweep the extras in one pass. Keeper rules pick which copy wins, and files belonging to installed apps (Steam & friends) are recognised and left alone.
Before you clear a folder, FindForge checks that every file inside has a verified copy elsewhere — then collects only the ones that are genuinely safe to remove.
Look beyond filenames. FindForge searches file contents — including Word, PDF and text — to find that document you can't quite name.
Reads files to catch silent disk damage — CRC / media errors that metadata-only tools like chkdsk miss. Know when a copy is quietly rotting.
FindForge is built in Rust and uses your system's own webview — not a bundled copy of Chromium like Electron apps. A tool that searches millions of files and maps entire drives is a download under 5 MB that installs in seconds and stays out of your way.
FindForge updates itself automatically — new versions arrive quietly in the background.
Free while FindForge is in early access — it'll become a paid app in a future release, so now's a good time to jump in. Signed on both platforms: the Windows installer is code-signed by SmithyForge LTD (EV certificate), and the Mac disk image is signed and notarized by Apple. Download, install, and you're set.
Download for Windows 0.9.31 Download for Mac 0.9.21FindForge is a local tool. It indexes and searches on your device — your file names and their contents are never uploaded, shared, or sent anywhere.