Yes. That is the standard business model to follow. But I never reached that point because of my novice programming skills and the fact that this was a hobby project.

My intention was to make it free for individuals (search on desktop + personal cloud) but charge business users who would want shared access on a network. Any AI features would also be free if it runs locally or chargeable for Claude/GPT. I wanted to leverage Mac and Windows’ built-in AI/ML capabilities as much as possible. The OCR on both systems is actually really powerful! Even my ten year old Asus laptop was able to OCR PDFs and images very quickly and reliably.

Local and privacy first was my core principle.