alcove

A little closer to what you know

Find what matters.
Go back to
the source.

A search engine for personal archives, team documents, and public records. Explore the evidence behind a memory, a decision, or a question.

Start with a real demo. Follow it to the original material.

From the Home prototypeReal archive

“Which years did we go to the Renaissance Festival?”

A child with a costumed performer at the Renaissance Festival in 2023
One familiar place.2023
Two children on decorative thrones at the Renaissance Festival in 2024
Another year of stories.2024

Photos from 2023 and 2024.
Original photos, dates, and supporting messages.

One idea. Different worlds.

What would you like
to find again?

The photo you remember. The document behind a decision. The public record you want to read for yourself.

01 / HOMEPrivate prototype

Your life,
within reach.

Revisit photos, messages, and memories in a demonstration built from a real personal archive.

Explore Alcove Home
02 / BUSINESSIllustrative use case

The work behind
the answer.

See how a selected collection of contracts, policies, or project notes could help a team find its bearings.

Explore Alcove Business
03 / GOVERNMENTPublic demos

Public records.
A way in.

Search indexed Congressional material and Los Angeles city law, then follow the links to their sources.

Explore Alcove Government

See it for yourself / 2 minutes

Real questions.
Real records.
A way back.

Family outings, appointment messages, and the sources behind them. The Home demo shows what a selected personal collection can reveal, and where the evidence ends.

Recorded private prototype. Includes a lookup over selected records with the browser offline.

More about the Home demo
Selected real photos and messages. English captions available. Open video directly ↗

The idea behind Alcove

A useful result
has somewhere
to take you.

01

Start with a collection.

Search a defined set of material. Know what is included, and what still sits outside it.

02

Read the relevant text.

Alcove’s core retrieves matching excerpts, so you can see the material behind a result.

03

Go back to the source.

Follow the original document or record. Check its context, its date, and what it actually says.

A few good questions.

What can I use today?

The Congress and Los Angeles law search projects are public. The Alcove core is available to run yourself. Home is a private prototype with a recorded demonstration; Business examples illustrate workflows still in development.

Does Home already connect to all my accounts?

No. The demonstration uses selected records from a real personal archive. It does not demonstrate a complete account import or an open, self-service Home product.

Can Alcove run locally?

The core supports local file ingestion, indexing, and search. The Home film also demonstrates an offline lookup over a selected collection. What you can search depends on the material and search mode you have configured.

Where can I learn how it works?

Start with the public documentation or the core quick start. They describe the existing software and its interfaces.

A question is a good place to start.

See what you can find.

Try a live public search