Use case · Developers & programmers

DigUp for developers

Repos, PR screenshots, stack traces in PDFs, meeting recordings — DigUp indexes meaning with EmbeddingGemma 2 on your machine. Opt in to code search with the code: prefix. Community guide — based on DigUp (MIT). Not affiliated; DigUp is not Google-official.

On-device flowSchematic: DigUp uses EmbeddingGemma 2 for Developers and programmers local search
Original schematic — DigUp indexes local files with EmbeddingGemma 2 (llama.cpp).

Sourced snapshot (2026-10-15)

FactValueSource
ModelEmbeddingGemma 2 · ~740M params · ~865 MB Q8 via llama.cppGoogle AI · DigUp README
Vector space768-d shared multimodal spaceGoogle AI · DigUp README
Mac / Win·Linux0.6.1 · 0.7.0-beta.1GitHub Releases
Stars / forks~3,768 / ~254GitHub API

Pain → DigUp workflow → tip

PainDigUp + EmbeddingGemma 2 workflowTip
Forgot which repo has the backoff helperEnable code folders → query code: retry with backoffResults open at the line in Cursor/VS Code/Zed
Screenshot of an error buried in DownloadsIndex Screenshots + Downloads; search by what the UI showedMac OCR on screenshots helps exact strings too
Design PDF vs implementation driftIndex docs + code; compare meaning across modalitiesKeep Spotlight for filenames; DigUp for meaning
Old Loom / mp4 of a weird bugVideo frame + audio windows (~30s) in shared 768-d spaceJump near the moment — README behavior

Numbered checklist

  1. Install DigUp (Mac 0.6.1 or Win/Linux 0.7.0-beta.1) — first EmbeddingGemma 2 download ~865 MB.
  2. Add project folders; enable code search in Settings for repos you want.
  3. Wait for first-pass estimate; schedule overnight hours if fans bother you.
  4. Query with code: for source; natural language for screenshots/PDFs/recordings.
  5. If index stays empty on cloud sync folders, see the 0-files guide.

Why EmbeddingGemma 2 matters here

Google’s EmbeddingGemma 2 (~740M, unified 768-d multimodal space) is what DigUp runs via llama.cpp (~865 MB Q8 package). One query can rank images, PDF pages, audio windows, video frames, and optional code — see the local multimodal guide and model page. digup.run is not Google-official.

Downloads & installs

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