Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit
Download, double-click, done
There is no installer. No administrator rights. Nothing is written to the registry.
The build is still being published
You can build it from source in the meantime — two commands if you have Rust.
Open the GitHub repositoryFree. No payment, no account, no ads.
First run
Three steps and you are searching.
- Put the file anywhere Your Downloads folder is fine. There is no install location to choose.
-
Double-click it
A console window appears briefly, then your browser opens
127.0.0.1:8787. -
Start searching
Documents, Downloads and Desktop are picked up automatically. Add more with
--root "D:\Data".
Things worth knowing first
Written here rather than left as a surprise after you download.
You will see a blue SmartScreen warning
- The executable is not code-signed yet, so Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”. Choose More info → Run anyway.
- Antivirus software may flag it briefly. To list files quickly, CHATDA reads the disk's index region (the MFT) directly, and that behaviour resembles some malware. Code signing and false-positive submissions are on the list before general release.
- If that bothers you, build it from source. All the code is public and it uses no third-party libraries at all.
Still a beta
- Everything works, but revisions land often. Tell us what breaks at projectteamforyou@gmail.com.
- Text extraction for Hangul Word Processor 3.0 (the 1995 format) follows the published specification but has not yet been verified against a real file.
Specifications
| Platform | Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) |
|---|---|
| Install | None — a single executable |
| Privileges | No administrator rights required |
| Size | about 1.9 MB |
| Network | Never used · interface binds to 127.0.0.1 only |
| Default mode | Read-only (--allow-write enables file changes) |
| Uninstall | Delete the executable and %LOCALAPPDATA%\chatda |
| Licence | Free for personal use · Terms |
Build from source
There are no third-party libraries, so nothing is fetched.
git clone https://github.com/work517/chatda
cd chatda
cargo build --release -p chatda-mcp
The result is target\release\chatda-mcp.exe.
If Rust is missing, scripts\SETUP_TOOLCHAIN.ps1 in the repository installs it for you.