Flashbar

By Floerianc

⚡ Ultra-fast offline file search tool with a clean UI built using Python/PyQt5.
Index 2,690,000+ files in a minute.

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ℹ️ Features

• Blazingly fast file indexing (multi-threaded)
• Fuzzy search with live results
• Customizable keybinds and clean GUI
• Reverse path reconstruction
• Configurable batch sizes
• Lightweight dark-themed UI

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🖥️ Usage

• Start program
• Wait for the program to scan every directory (Takes about 0.5 - 2 Minutes)
  • You can also use the searchbar while the program is still loading but not every file can be found
• Press custom keybind (Default: Alt+F12)
• Search for file
• Left-click to open the file, right-click to open the directory

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📦 Installation

git clone https://github.com/floerianc/flashbar.git
cd flashbar
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

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⚒️ Configuration

All user settings are in user/settings.cfg.

Setting	Description
ICON_WIDTH	Width of the icon displayed when searching
ICON_HEIGHT	Height of the icon displayed when searching
KEY1	Main key (e.g. ctrl)
KEY2	Secondary key (e.g. space)
BATCH_SIZE	Size of batch loaded into queue
CHUNK_SIZE	Size of chunks loaded into the program
FADE_TIMER	UI fade speed
MIN_MATCH	Minimum amount of match of user input and file name
MAX_RESULTS	Maximum amount of results
INTERVAL	Amount of time in seconds the program waits before writing info logs

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🧑‍💼 Architecture Overview

• SearchBar.py: Main UI logic + file interaction
• config.py: Loads settings using ConfigParser
• utils.py: Helpers
• drive.py: Helpers & Logical Drives
• FileManager.py: Main File & OS logic
• Logger.py: Logs info for user
• user/settings.cfg: User-tweakable preferences

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📋 TODO / Roadmap

• Add to Autostart
• File type filters (e.g., .pdf, >10MB)
• Context menu actions (Delete, Rename ...)
• Bookmarks
• Export/import search DB

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Made with ♥️ by Florian