Search by meaning
Describe the scene or idea you remember and find relevant images in your collection.
Web appsLive
The right meme is in there somewhere. Find it.
Meme Search is an open-source, self-hosted web app that indexes images by their content and text. Search your collection with natural language or keywords instead of trying to remember a filename.
Explore Meme SearchFor people who collect memes and want to find them by their content
Meme Search
A collection, searchable
Find it by what's in it.
Image descriptions, visible text, and semantic search bring the right reaction back into reach.
Self-hostedSemantic searchOpen source
The job
Make the hard part explicit.
A folder full of memes gets harder to use as it grows. Filenames rarely describe what is in an image, and the exact reaction you need can disappear into hundreds of saved pictures.
The approach
Build around the real workflow.
The app generates image descriptions and embeddings, then combines semantic and keyword search to retrieve relevant memes. Its default workflow runs locally, with an optional compatible vision API for descriptions.
The distinction
Keep the product focused.
Your collection lives in a self-hosted application. A search API, command-line integration, and experimental browser popup extend access beyond the web interface.
How it helps
A small tool with a clear job.
Read the image
Index visible text alongside image descriptions to make memes easier to retrieve.
Run it locally
Use the Docker setup to keep the collection and default processing on your own machine.
Search beyond the app
Use the documented API and local CLI to connect the collection to other workflows.
Visit the product
See Meme Search in its own habitat.
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