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Ontiqo is being tested on real, messy collections before anyone else gets it. You can't download it today.
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System requirements
It runs on a normal PC.
Even a ten-year-old laptop qualifies, as long as it has at least 16 GB of RAM and a four-core processor. A more powerful machine gets the same answers, sooner: speed is the only thing hardware buys, and quality is never traded down to fit.
Minimum
It runs, patiently.
- Windows
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel or AMD from 2015 or newer, 4 cores or more
- Memory
- 16 GB of RAM
- Graphics
- None needed
- Disk
- 30 GB free
Recommended
It finishes sooner.
- Windows
- Windows 11, 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel or AMD from 2015 or newer, 8 cores or more
- Memory
- 32 GB of RAM
- Graphics
- A graphics card with 8 GB or more of video memory
- Disk
- An SSD with 30 GB free
Ontiqo works in the background for as long as the reading takes, so it needs a machine that can stay on. A big collection is days of reading — an enormous one can be weeks. For scale: a 50,000-file collection is a three-to-four-day read on a recommended-spec desktop. On battery it pauses out of courtesy.
The internet is used for three things: fetching the download, reaching any cloud storage you connect, and the optional lookups you switch on. The reading and understanding themselves never need it.
The first run
What to expect, hour by hour.
In the first minutes
You choose what Ontiqo should look at, see how many files it found, and reading begins. Nothing on your disk is moved or changed until you commit.
In the first hours
Files become searchable as they are read. A quick first pass gives everything a rough label early, long before the full reading finishes.
Over the following days
A big collection takes days, and Ontiqo tells you how long. Once it has seen enough, the proposed tidy-up appears and keeps improving as the rest is read.
The whole time
It runs quietly at low priority and stops while you are presenting, gaming or on battery.
Quick answers
Before you ask.
Is it really free?
For personal use, yes. Any number of your own computers, no time limit, nothing switched off, and no locked "pro" version. You only need a licence to use it for work: in a business, for an employer, an institution or a public body. See licensing.
Will it move or delete my files without asking?
No. Reading, browsing, searching and previewing touch no files. Files move only when you commit a layout you have seen, and every commit is reversible, with an undo record in your Documents folder.
Reorganising in place clears out two piles: extra copies, and data programs made for themselves. The commit sheet shows both counts and asks about them separately, and anything removed goes to your Recycle Bin. Build the organised copy in a new folder instead and nothing is deleted.
Do my files get uploaded somewhere?
No. All the reading happens on your computer, and your file content is never sent to us. The licence agreement says so too.
What about Mac or Linux?
Not today. Ontiqo is a Windows program. If that changes, this page will say so.
What it costs
Free for personal use. Licensed for work.
Personal
Free — not a trial
- As many of your own computers as you like
- No time limit, nothing switched off
- The complete program, nothing held back
Work
From A$149 one-time · covers two computers
- For use in a business, employer, institution or public body
- The same software; you are buying the right to use it at work
- No subscription, no expiry, no renewal