Mo-Search
Indexes your drives and network shares, then finds files by content and ranks them. The index is a file on your PC. Nothing about it is uploaded. Overview
How it works
Three parts, one computer.
Mo-Search builds a private index of your files. MoContext can hand slices of that index to an AI assistant, but only after you switch it on. MoVault sits behind a wall that neither of them can cross. Here is the whole picture.
What runs on your PC, and what can read what
Mo-Search indexes your files. MoContext can answer an AI assistant from that index — once you turn it on. MoVault is reachable from neither.
reads / answers no connection by design
What each part does.
Two products and one component that ships inside the first.
MoContext
A small local server included with Mo-Search. It lets an AI assistant query your index and read matching files, so it can answer from documents you never pasted in. Off until you enable it. Common questions
MoVault
An encrypted database for people, notes, tasks, meetings, computers and accounts. Separate program, separate file, no network code at all. Coming soon
Why the wall matters
An AI bridge and a password store in one process would be one mistake away from each other. MoVault is a different application, and MoContext has no route into it. Common questions
What crosses the line
Three things leave your machine, and none of them carries your files, your filenames, your searches, or your vault:
- An update check. Mo-Search asks whether a newer version exists by fetching one small text file over HTTPS. No filenames, no queries, no machine or user identifier. You can turn it off in settings. The full description is on the privacy page.
- This website. meauxsoft.com uses Google Analytics to count page visits. The applications send no analytics.
- Payment, if you buy. Paddle is the merchant of record and handles the transaction. Terms.
There is one more path, and it is the one worth understanding: if you point MoContext at a cloud assistant, whatever that assistant retrieves becomes part of your conversation with it, under that provider's terms. MoContext never uploads anything by itself, but it cannot control what a cloud model does with an answer you asked it for. Point it at a local model if you need the whole exchange to stay here.
Common questions.
The things people ask before installing or buying. If yours isn't here, just ask.
Your data
- Do my files, filenames, or searches ever leave my PC?
- No. Mo-Search builds and stores its index on your own machine, and your searches are answered from that local index. File contents, filenames, and query history are never uploaded. Read the privacy note.
- Does anything connect to the internet?
- Three things, and none of them carries your data. Mo-Search checks for a newer version by default — one small version file over HTTPS, with no filenames, no queries, and no machine or user identifier — and you can turn that check off in settings. This website uses Google Analytics. Paddle processes payment if you buy a licence. The details are on the privacy page.
- Is there adware, spyware, or a bundled toolbar?
- No. The installer contains Mo-Search and MoContext and nothing else. No third-party offers, no bundled search providers, no advertising.
AI assistants
- Can Claude, Codex, or Cursor search my local files?
- Yes, through MoContext, the local server included with Mo-Search. It lets an AI assistant query your Mo-Search index and read matching files on your PC, so it can answer from documents you never opened in that conversation. It is off until you enable it in Mo-Search settings. Technical guide for AI clients.
- Does my file content get sent to the AI company?
- MoContext runs on your machine and never uploads anything itself. But if you ask a cloud assistant a question, whatever it retrieves becomes part of that conversation and goes to that provider under their terms. That is true of any tool you connect to a cloud model. If you need the whole exchange to stay on your PC, use a local model.
- Can an AI assistant read my MoVault data?
- No. MoContext serves your file index. It has no route into the vault, and passwords never reach search, logs, diagnostics, or any AI interface.
MoVault
- How is MoVault protected?
- Your records live in an encrypted database on your PC. With Windows Hello enabled, the key is sealed by your PC's security hardware and the vault locks itself when you are idle, press Win+L, or the PC sleeps. Without Hello the key is protected by your Windows account instead, which means it can be unwrapped while you are signed in — so Hello is what gives you a real lock rather than an extra convenience. More about MoVault.
- Where does MoVault write its backup?
- To a
MoBackupsfolder inside your Documents folder by default, and you can choose a different destination. The backup is encrypted with AES-256-GCM. So if your Documents folder happens to be synced by OneDrive or a similar service, what syncs is an encrypted file that is unreadable without your recovery code — which is a reasonable way to keep an off-site copy without trusting the provider with the contents. - Do I need to keep my MoVault recovery code?
- Yes, and this is the one thing you must not skip. Save the recovery code during setup and keep it somewhere safe. It is what opens a backup, so without it a backup cannot be restored or read — not by you, and not by us, because we never had it.
Licensing
- Is Mo-Search free?
- Mo-Search 26.0 includes a 40-day trial of the full product. After that it needs a one-time licence, which is not a subscription. See pricing.
- Who handles payment and refunds?
- Paddle is the merchant of record. They process the payment and handle returns; product and licensing questions come to us. Refund policy · Terms.