Introducing QSurfer and QIndexer: open-source search tools for NAS file storage

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this is finally mature enough that I figured I would post it here

Introducing QSurfer and QIndexer: open-source search tools for NAS file storage

QSurfer is an open-source desktop search and browse client for QNAP Qsirch, built to provide a faster, more practical desktop experience for shared-file search. without gigabytes of bloated python and java. the app is cross platform and written in .NET/Avalonia

It works with Qsirch through its REST API and presents results in a familiar file-manager style interface: search, browse, preview, open, organize, recover, and keep multiple searches active at once.

QSurfer can use:

  • Qsirch / QSIRC for existing QNAP-indexed search.
  • QIndexer, an optional open-source companion indexing service that can run alongside

QIndexer is intended for environments that want more control over indexing, including non-QNAP storage or a supplementary index for local/network paths. QSurfer can query both configured providers and present the results through the same interface.

Highlights:

  • Search files and folders by name, type, dates, exact match, document contents, and Boolean terms.
  • Explorer-style browsing with mapped-drive, UNC, and Linux mount path support.
  • Folder-scoped search: include multiple folders or explicitly exclude areas of a share.
  • Saved searches, recent searches, favorites, tabs, and detachable windows.
  • Details, list, and icon views with sorting and progressive loading.
  • File previews for common documents, PDFs, and images.
  • NAS Recycle Bin and snapshot/version-history support where exposed by the NAS.
  • Per-user local settings, history, favorites, saved searches, and layout.
  • Portable self-contained Windows x64 and Linux x64 builds.

QSurfer. is not affiliated with QNAP.

Both projects are MIT licensed:

Feedback, bug reports, feature requests, and testing on different QNAP models and storage setups are welcome

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Any way to offer compiled binaries for the platforms? The examples you show all talk about .Net for Windows but you say it is cross-platform.

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binary’s are in the releases page in the linked git’s extract and run

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Ah, missed that. But unfortunately, you do not have a binary for Mac OS.

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Unfortunately MacOS is developer hostile due to code signing requirements and I don’t own a machine to test on

there is a python qsirc lib available with cmd line support

command line with minimal effort

I do have a partially completed pyGUI build that might run but I abandoned it in favor of Avalonia because its so much nicer

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Thanks for sharing QSurfer and QIndexer with the community! It’s great to see tools like this built around Qsirch, and we really appreciate your contribution.