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Smara

Your personal digital memory - a place where everything you capture stays alive and easy to find.

Smara

Why I built this

Every day, we store important files like documents, images, videos, and notes across different devices and folders. But when we need them later, finding the right file becomes frustrating and time-consuming. I built Smara to solve this real-life problem for myself and for others who struggle with digital clutter. I wanted to create a smarter way to search personal files using natural language instead of manually browsing folders.

About

Smara is an intelligent memory and search platform that helps users instantly find their stored content using AI. Instead of remembering exact file names or locations, users can simply search naturally like: “Show my passport PDF” “Find the Goa trip photos” “That invoice I saved last month” “Resume latest version” The platform understands context and retrieves relevant files quickly.

Features

  • Intelligent Search
  • Browser Extension
  • Multi Modality

Tech Stack

Next.js (App Router) on Cloudflare PagesChrome extension built with Plasmo frameworkCloudflare Workers for processing and searchCloudflare R2 (object storage) + D1 (serverless SQLite)Workers AI (Whisper ASR, CLIP vision, embeddings)Vectorize (vector database for semantic search)

Modern users generate a huge amount of personal data every day — resumes, screenshots, bills, contracts, travel photos, certificates, videos, and more. Over time, this data gets scattered across folders, downloads, drives, and devices.

Traditional file search systems rely on exact names or keywords, which often fail when users don’t remember the filename.

That’s where Smara comes in.

It uses AI to understand what the user actually means and matches that intent with relevant stored content. Instead of searching folders manually, users can ask naturally and get results instantly.

Example Use Cases:

  • Find an Aadhaar or passport copy quickly
  • Search old travel photos by place or event
  • Retrieve invoices or payment screenshots
  • Locate old project files or resumes
  • Organize years of digital memories effortlessly

Tech Vision:

The goal of Smara is to become a personal memory assistant — where your files are not just stored, but intelligently understood and instantly accessible.

Impact:

This saves time, reduces frustration, and improves productivity for anyone overwhelmed by growing digital storage.

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