PicText Search – Find text inside your images, instantly.

PicText Search is a lightweight, fully offline Windows desktop application that scans your image folders and finds any photo, screenshot, or scanned document containing specific text using built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition). No internet connection, no cloud services, and no third-party software required. Everything runs locally on your PC.

Search through thousands of images in seconds and extract exact matching words from any picture perfect for scanned documents, screenshots, and photo archives.

Key Features

100% Offline no internet connection needed after installation
One-click installer no manual setup, no dependencies, nothing extra to configure
Subfolder search scan an entire folder tree in one pass
Multiple search terms search several words or phrases at once
Regex & fuzzy matching advanced pattern search plus approximate/typo-tolerant matching
Smart caching scanned images are cached locally for instant re-searches
Live progress bar with pause, resume, and cancel controls
Grid or list view visual thumbnail grid or a detailed sortable table
Powerful filters filter by file type, folder, or date modified
Bulk copy/move move or copy all matched files to a new folder in one click
Search history every past search logged, one click to repeat it
Top words report see the most frequent words across all your images
Export to CSV/TXT for reporting and record-keeping
Full source code included clean, modular, and easy to customize

Who is this for?

Perfect for anyone who needs to search large collections of screenshots, scanned receipts, invoices, ID cards, memes, chat exports, or any images containing text photographers, admins, researchers, students, and everyday Windows users managing large photo libraries.

Requirements

Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
No Python, no separate OCR engine, no internet required

What’s Included

Windows installer (.exe)
Full readable source code
Documentation (HTML)

PicText Search | Powerful Offline Image Text Search