Show HN: Smart Meme Search – search for your meme collection using CLIP and OCR(apps.microsoft.com)
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Show HN: Smart Meme Search – search for your meme collection using CLIP and OCR
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ncw20lxw64j?hl=en-US&gl=US
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I built Smart Meme Search to solve a small but very real personal problem.
Over the years I saved thousands of memes from X and Telegram. I often remembered what a meme meant or the situation it fit, but not any visible text or filename — so finding the right meme at the right moment was almost impossible.
This app indexes your local meme collection using:
CLIP for semantic image understanding
OCR for embedded text
a local ONNX-based inference pipeline (CPU-only)
You can search memes by intent or meaning (e.g. “awkward silence”, “overconfident but wrong”) and get relevant results instantly.
Everything runs locally; no images are uploaded anywhere.
I learned a lot building this, especially around native dependencies, model packaging, and deployment on Windows. Happy to answer technical questions or hear feedback.
Free version (With adds): https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NLLW6HFJ3VN
Thanks for reading.