System requirements
Updated July 2026
BeaconFind runs the AI on your own machine, so a bit of it depends on your hardware. The short version: it works on any modern Windows PC, and it goes faster if you have a dedicated graphics card. Here is the detail so there are no surprises.
The essentials
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows 10 (64-bit) | Windows 11 (64-bit) |
| Processor | Any modern 64-bit CPU | 4+ cores |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | None required (runs on CPU) | NVIDIA GPU for the fastest AI |
| Disk space | ~2 GB free (light tier) | ~8 GB free (full tier), plus room for your index |
The first-run download
The installer itself is small (around 12 MB). The AI models are downloaded once, the first time you run the app, and then everything works fully offline. How much it downloads depends on the tier BeaconFind picks for your machine:
| Tier | Roughly downloads | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Light | ~0.8 GB | Any PC, including CPU-only laptops |
| Balanced | ~4 GB | Most desktops with a modern GPU |
| Max | ~6 GB | Higher-memory GPUs, for the strongest AI answers |
No graphics card? Still works
BeaconFind detects your hardware and picks a tier that fits. On a laptop with no dedicated GPU it runs the light tier on your CPU. Search stays fast, and the AI features still work, they just take a little longer to think. On battery, it automatically eases off background indexing so it doesn’t drain you.
Storage for your index
Beyond the models, BeaconFind keeps a search index on disk. As a rough guide, a 100 GB folder of documents produces an index of a few hundred MB. It is encrypted, and it stays on your machine.
Not sure if your PC is a fit? The 14-day trial is free and needs no card, so the surest test is to try it.
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