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Folders and Files

[WORK IN PROGRESS]

As a user, you might occasionally want to see where a specific file is stored. Sometimes it's simple curiosity, other times you may want to inspect logs, review saved settings, or work directly with the files for troubleshooting or development.

And since LumiFind is privacy-focused software, everything is kept transparent so you can always see what is on your computer and why it is there.

Here are the folders that LumiFind will have its files at:

Windows macOS Linux File Purpose Comment
%LocalAppData%\MIDILLI Tech\LumiFind\Logs\ - - lf.YYYYMMDD_HHMM_XXX.log Logs which LumiFind prints in the background Windows: Only exists if installed only for current user
C:\Program Files\MIDILLI Tech\LumiFind\Logs - - lf.YYYYMMDD_HHMM_XXX.log Logs which LumiFind prints in the background Windows: Only exists if installed for all users
C:\Users\%username%\.lumifind ~\.lumifind ~\.lumifind - Default folder for settings, license files, analysis metadata and analysis contents. Settings -> Open Settings Folder will open this directory.

Similarly the following files and folders under .lumifind folder exist by default:

File Purpose Comment
settings.json Contains user settings for LumiFind Can be edited manually, but with care! See Settings File.
licence.json Contains device and user-bound license information If deleted or tampered, the license cannot be activated again. Licenses must be released only using the License Manager.
search_history.json Lists the last performed search queries. If you are using console mode, history will not be kept.
lumifind_db.sqlite3 Database to keep the track of analyzed files and their metadata. Usually small size. Can also be located somewhere else and changing the relevant setting in settings.json.
lumifind_db Folder to keep actual analysis data for documents, images, voice and videos. May increase as the number of files increases.

Image cache can also be separated.
All of them can also be located somewhere else and changing the relevant setting in settings.json.
thumbnails Folder containing smaller versions of the analyzed images, used both for detecting changes and displaying in the interface.
 It follows the same folder structure the included folders. Can also be located somewhere else and changing the relevant setting in settings.json.
logs Folder for storing important information and error logs in the event of a problem. If you enable Settings -> Auto Save Logs, the logs will also appear here after for each session.