Dowse MCP Server

dowse Open-source local file content search for Windows. Find file names, PDF and Office contents, source code, and text inside screenshots - one hotkey away.

People who need these tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-23 · ★ 9 · #728 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

Apache-2.0 · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

repo age created 2026-07-11 - young repo, little track record yet

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.ltspace is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

02 · What Dowse can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.0.0 · 2026-08-10

Dowse v1.0.0 is the first stable Windows release. · Highlights: · Move the frameless search window by dragging its header. · Resize the native window from every edge and corner. · Drag or keyboard-adjust the…

v0.10.0 · 2026-07-21

Breaking: index rebuild required / 需要重建索引 · The index schema is now v5 (a new tokenized path field powers the path: operator). After upgrading, dowse will refuse to open an older index and ask for a rebuild - open the…

v0.9.0 · 2026-07-19

0.9.0 - 增量加根、索引规则可配置、MCP 搜索增强 · Added · dowse add <目录> 增量补扫：往已有索引再加一个文件夹，只扫这个新目录，其它根的文档原样保留 - - 不再需要全量重建。走与全量重建同一条 NTFS MFT 快速枚举，规则同样生效，重复补扫幂等。 · 索引规则可配置：排除目录、追加文本扩展名、单文件体积上限（默认 20MB）不再硬编码。CLI 用 dowse rules show / set，浮窗按…

03 · Who maintains Dowse

dowse is maintained by ltspace. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

04 · Facts

repository: github.com/ltspace/dowse
website: https://lter.space/dowse/en/
category: other - ranked #728 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 8 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-10)
registry: io.github.ltspace/dowse (active, first published 2026-07-14 · 3 versions)
packages: cargo:dowse

05 · Dowse FAQ

What is Dowse?

dowse Open-source local file content search for Windows. Find file names, PDF and Office contents, source code, and text inside screenshots - one hotkey away.

Is Dowse still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-23 and it shipped 8 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

06 · Alternatives to Dowse

Alternatives to Dowse

Maintained other servers if Dowse isn't the fit.

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