[HN Gopher] Show HN: Trott - search,sort,extract social media vi...
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Show HN: Trott - search,sort,extract social media
videos(ig,yt,tiktok)
I built Trott out of frustration with my own "Saved" folders on
Instagram and YouTube. I'd save reels and shorts--workout tips,
recipes, travel spots--thinking I'd find them again later. But,
like most people, I ended up with a black hole of unsorted videos:
no search, no filters, and if I ever did find the right video
again, I'd have to dig through the whole thing just to get that one
detail I needed. When I tried looking for solutions, I found only
genre-specific apps or tools that demanded manual uploads or new
workflows. None felt like they understood how real users behave or
save content. So I decided to build Trott. What makes Trott
different? You can share any Instagram Reel or YouTube Short
(TikTok support launches next week) to Trott, straight from your
phone's native share menu--no manual uploads. Trott uses AI to
extract relevant info automatically (ingredients, places, products,
etc.) and sorts everything for you. It's fully searchable with
natural language. Just type something like "that Kyoto cafe from
Instagram" and Trott finds it. For travel videos, it can even
produce Google Maps routes from extracted locations. App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/trott/id6751728352 Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.hattimatiml...
I'd love to hear how you organize your own saved content--or if
you've just given up and let it pile up like I used to. Open to all
questions, feedback, and bug reports. Happy to discuss the tech
details behind Trott if you're interested!
Author : sudo712
Score : 28 points
Date : 2025-10-15 11:43 UTC (11 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (trott.hattimatimlabs.in)
(TXT) w3m dump (trott.hattimatimlabs.in)
| gerardnico wrote:
| You should give a better name in google oauth. I get
|
| Google will allow project-316434798136 to access this info about
| you
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| Can't wait to see if you extract the transcript on TikTok's ?
| lazyfanatic42 wrote:
| I'm too old for this world of massive youtube videos as my front
| page, I also don't have a "scroll" because I actively avoid the
| scrolling habit now because I think it is really really bad for
| you.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Great work! I share Insta and Tiktok links to a Karakeep
| (https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep/) instance, and any
| media links are consumed by a queue and worker that pipes the
| links to yt-dlp (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) to rip and
| package in an archive, which is uploaded to object storage. This
| is a great compliment to my workflow.
| xfeeefeee wrote:
| Does this analyze the video itself with AI or does it just use
| the text / description and other metadata? Would love to know
| more details on how that works
| gala8y wrote:
| There is a lot of quality content on these platforms, no doubt. I
| would much prefer to be able to download a reel or a whole
| account easily (using, say, Instaloader), without needing to
| climb their gardens' walls (obviously something which gets harder
| and harder), instead of their UIs.
| MrGilbert wrote:
| Interesting. I always assumed that the "download" functionality
| on Instagram is "given", but it seems as if creators can
| deactivate it. Sometimes, when pressing the "Share" menu, you
| will have the option to download a reel to your local videos.
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