Open Source & Third-Party Licenses
DiscoverFile is built on the work of many open source projects. This page lists all
third-party components with their copyright notices and full license texts. All third-party
components are used in accordance with their respective licenses.
A copy of this information is also bundled in the application installation directory as
THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt.
PDF rendering engine for PDF thumbnail generation.
Apache License, Version 2.0 Copyright (c) PDFium Authors Copyright (c) Benoît Blanchon See https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 for full Apache 2.0 text. PDFium is NOT bundled with DiscoverFile. Users download pdfium.dll separately and configure the path in Settings.
Windows Shell extension for HEIC/HEIF image decoding.
HEIF Image Extensions is a Microsoft Windows Store application. This extension is NOT bundled with DiscoverFile. It is a free, optional Windows Store application that provides HEIC/HEIF image decoding support via the Windows Shell API (IShellItemImageFactory). DiscoverFile does not redistribute or bundle the HEIF Image Extensions. Users install it optionally from the Microsoft Store. Microsoft Terms of Use: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement
All MIT-licensed libraries below are governed by the MIT License: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy… THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"… Full text is available via each library's "View License" link.
UI component library and rendering engine.
Async data fetching and caching for drive and file queries.
Virtualized list rendering for large file galleries.
Desktop app framework bridging the web frontend to the Rust backend.
WebGL-based map renderer used for the Photo Map feature.
BSD 3-Clause License Copyright (c) 2020, MapLibre contributors All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Composable chart library for storage and file type graphs.
Lightweight state management for app-wide settings and UI state.
Color picker component used in tag customization.
The following Rust crates are compiled into the DiscoverFile binary. All are MIT or MIT/Apache 2.0 dual-licensed. Full MIT License text: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software… THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"… View each project's license via the links below.
Serialization/deserialization framework for all data exchange.
SQLite bindings for the local metadata database.
Connection pooling for the SQLite database.
Async runtime for concurrent indexing and Tauri commands.
Data-parallelism for multi-threaded thumbnail generation.
Image decoding and encoding for thumbnail generation.
Audio metadata reading for music files.
EXIF metadata extraction for photo GPS and camera data.
Rust bindings to PDFium for PDF thumbnail rendering.
Parallel filesystem directory walking for fast drive indexing.
Filesystem change notifications for drive watch mode.
MKV/WebM container parsing for video metadata.
Windows Management Instrumentation queries for drive detection.
Ergonomic error type derivation.
Structured logging throughout the application.
Base64 encoding for thumbnail data transport.
Machine learning inference engine for face detection and recognition.
Public domain map data providing land, country, and state/province boundaries for the offline Photo Map.
Natural Earth — Public Domain All versions of Natural Earth raster and vector map data found on this website are in the public domain. You may use the data in any manner, including modifying the content and design, electronic dissemination, and offset printing. The primary authors, Tom Patterson and Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, renounce all financial claim to the data and software, and its subsequent uses. No permission is needed to use Natural Earth. Natural Earth GeoJSON files are bundled in the DiscoverFile application for the Photo Map.