# Searchi

Local desktop search for Windows, macOS and Linux. Under active development;
production readiness is tracked in [the roadmap](docs/ROADMAP.md).

## Architecture

`crates/searchi-core` owns persistent indexing and retrieval. `crates/searchi-cli`
provides a headless interface. `apps/desktop` hosts the Tauri desktop app.
The initial implementation provides lexical search; semantic and media search
are explicit upcoming milestones, not simulated features.

All testing in the Windows development VM uses CPU only. Indexed content stays
local. Treat the index as sensitive: it contains extracted document text.

## Development

Install stable Rust and the platform's C/C++ build prerequisites. Run:

```sh
cargo test --workspace
cargo fmt --all -- --check
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo run -p searchi-cli -- --help
```

Desktop development instructions live in `apps/desktop/README.md`.
Native CI builds must pass on all supported systems before release. Cross-platform
source support does not imply signed macOS installers can be built on Windows.

## Release policy

Do not publish until the roadmap's release gates have evidence. Record benchmark
hardware, corpus size, cold/warm state and p95 latency. Signing credentials are
supplied through CI secrets, never source control.