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Show HN: Trott – search,sort,extract social media videos(ig,yt,tiktok)

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37 points sudo712 | 1 comments | 15 Oct 25 11:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source

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 café 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!

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toomuchtodo ◴[15 Oct 25 16:34 UTC] No.45595084[source]▶
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.
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1. sudo712 ◴[16 Oct 25 01:17 UTC] No.45600426[source]▶
I didn't know about karakeep, but it seems like I am trying to build my own karakeep. Thanks for introducing it to me. I would love to hear your feedback on whether my app can provide some value to your workflow, and how I can improve it. Also, it currently doesn't support TikTok, but I plan to add it next week.