My friend kept saying ‘I know I wrote this somewhere’ — so I built Somewhere

Description and use

Somewhere is a local AI search tool that indexes notes semantically and uses a local LLM to retrieve and explain relevant information, enabling quick location of previously written content.

Problem

Writing notes does not guarantee easy retrieval later; users often forget where they stored information and cannot recall exact words or filenames.

Outcome

Somewhere enables quick, meaning‑based retrieval of locally stored notes, reducing the time spent scrolling and improving recall of information.

Workflow

• Write a note
• Save and index the note
• Forget its location
• Describe remembered content
• Search with a natural language query
• Retrieve relevant note snippets and source
• Optionally create a new note within the app

Evidence

The problem is that writing something down doesn't mean you'll be able to find it later.

Source

Somewhere searches the notes by meaning, finds the relevant information, and uses a local AI model to explain what it found.

Source

The core of Somewhere is a local RAG pipeline: text Notes → Chunking → Local Embeddings → Qdrant → Semantic Search → Relevant Note Chunks → Qwen3 → Answer + Sources

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