An AI that files your documents.
Nothing ever leaves your machine.

dossier reads each new file, looks at the way you already file, and proposes exactly where it belongs — on your disk, in plain folders, with the AI you choose (or none).

Download for macOS — Free
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Documents pile up faster than you can file them — and most “organizers” want to swallow them into their own library. dossier doesn’t. Your files stay in plain folders on your disk; dossier just helps you keep up.

It reads, then files

dossier understands each document’s content — not just its filename — and proposes exactly where it belongs, with a one-line reason and a confidence level. You stay in control of every move.

Content-aware, not filename-guessing

Your folders, your rules

dossier applies the convention you wrote and learns from every correction you make. No import, no lock-in — your files never move out of plain folders on your disk.

No import · no lock-in

Stays on your machine

dossier runs locally. Pick a hosted provider — Claude, OpenAI or OpenRouter — and only the snippet needed to classify is sent; pick a local Ollama model and nothing leaves at all. Your choice, every time.

Local-first · your data stays yours

Tame the whole pile

Batch-file a backlog in one pass, review only the uncertain ones in a queue, and search across filenames, AI summaries, your notes, and extracted text. Thousands of files become a handful of real decisions.

Backlog of thousands → a short queue

Built with care

A finished tool, not a prototype

Every surface gets the same attention — light and calm, dense where it needs to be, never noisy.

How it works

Three steps. Then it keeps up with you.

Point dossier at a folder

Your existing document folder — wherever it already lives on disk.

It reads each new file and proposes a target path

Content-aware, with a one-line reason and a confidence level.

You accept, or redirect with a drag

And it learns from the correction — so the next one is better.

In the box

The details that decide it

Reads 35 file types

PDF, Word & Pages, Excel & Numbers, PowerPoint & Keynote, OpenDocument, images (JPG, PNG, TIFF), e-mails (EML, MSG), EPUB, Markdown, CSV and plain text — plus archives and fonts, filed as assets without being opened.

The AI you choose

Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, OpenRouter — or a local Ollama model, so nothing ever leaves your Mac. Keys live in the macOS Keychain, and the live model picker shows what your account (or your machine) actually offers.

An assistant with hands

Ask in plain language — “find the lease papers and clip them together”. The assistant searches your documents, groups them into paperclips, and answers with clickable links that jump straight to the file in the tree, list and preview.

Paperclips

Group related files across folders without moving them: manual clips you curate, smart clips like Filed This Week and Needs Review, and saved searches that live-update with badge counts.

OCR & full-text search

Scanned, image-only PDFs get a text layer via Apple Vision — on your Mac, not in a cloud. Search then covers filenames, AI summaries, your notes and the full extracted text of every document.

Quality of life

A watched INBOX that picks up new files by itself, duplicate compare, detachable panels for a second screen, your own date format, trash with restore — and undo where it matters.

Your filing, finally caught up.

Download dossier and point it at a folder. It’ll take the first pass — you stay in control of the rest.

Download for macOS — Free
free for private usemacOS 13 Ventura or laterApple silicon