diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/App.axaml.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/App.axaml.cs
index 2a60ce21..63bf7079 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/App.axaml.cs
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ public sealed class App : Application
         services.AddSingleton<IInferenceClientManager, InferenceClientManager>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICompletionProvider, CompletionProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ITokenizerProvider, TokenizerProvider>();
+        services.AddSingleton<IModelIndexService, ModelIndexService>();
         
         services.AddSingleton<ITrackedDownloadService, TrackedDownloadService>();
         services.AddSingleton<IDisposable>(provider => 
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/DesignData.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/DesignData.cs
index dec2a7fa..7c83f83f 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/DesignData.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/DesignData.cs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public static class DesignData
             .AddSingleton<IInferenceClientManager, MockInferenceClientManager>()
             .AddSingleton<IDiscordRichPresenceService, MockDiscordRichPresenceService>()
             .AddSingleton<ICompletionProvider, MockCompletionProvider>()
+            .AddSingleton<IModelIndexService, MockModelIndexService>()
             .AddSingleton<ITrackedDownloadService, MockTrackedDownloadService>();
 
         // Placeholder services that nobody should need during design time
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockLiteDbContext.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockLiteDbContext.cs
index c102805c..3b56d19a 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockLiteDbContext.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockLiteDbContext.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public class MockLiteDbContext : ILiteDbContext
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModel> CivitModels => throw new NotImplementedException();
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelVersion> CivitModelVersions => throw new NotImplementedException();
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelQueryCacheEntry> CivitModelQueryCache => throw new NotImplementedException();
+    public ILiteCollectionAsync<LocalModelFile> LocalModelFiles => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
     public Task<(CivitModel?, CivitModelVersion?)> FindCivitModelFromFileHashAsync(string hashBlake3)
     {
         return Task.FromResult<(CivitModel?, CivitModelVersion?)>((null, null));
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockModelIndexService.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockModelIndexService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab52abf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/DesignData/MockModelIndexService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models.Database;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Services;
+
+namespace StabilityMatrix.Avalonia.DesignData;
+
+public class MockModelIndexService : IModelIndexService
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task RefreshIndex()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<LocalModelFile>> GetModelsOfType(SharedFolderType type)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult<IReadOnlyList<LocalModelFile>>(new List<LocalModelFile>());
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void BackgroundRefreshIndex()
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 8fc3b7d5..de507dc9 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : PageViewModelBase
     private readonly ServiceManager<ViewModelBase> dialogFactory;
     private readonly ICompletionProvider completionProvider;
     private readonly ITrackedDownloadService trackedDownloadService;
+    private readonly IModelIndexService modelIndexService;
     
     public SharedState SharedState { get; }
     
@@ -133,7 +134,8 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : PageViewModelBase
         ServiceManager<ViewModelBase> dialogFactory,
         ITrackedDownloadService trackedDownloadService,
         SharedState sharedState, 
-        ICompletionProvider completionProvider)
+        ICompletionProvider completionProvider,
+        IModelIndexService modelIndexService)
     {
         this.notificationService = notificationService;
         this.settingsManager = settingsManager;
@@ -142,7 +144,8 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : PageViewModelBase
         this.dialogFactory = dialogFactory;
         this.trackedDownloadService = trackedDownloadService;
         this.completionProvider = completionProvider;
-        
+        this.modelIndexService = modelIndexService;
+
         SharedState = sharedState;
         
         SelectedTheme = settingsManager.Settings.Theme ?? AvailableThemes[1];
@@ -678,6 +681,12 @@ public partial class SettingsViewModel : PageViewModelBase
         notificationService.Show("Loaded completion file", "");
     }
     
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task DebugRefreshModelsIndex()
+    {
+        await modelIndexService.RefreshIndex();
+    }
+    
     [RelayCommand]
     private async Task DebugTrackedDownload()
     {
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/Views/SettingsPage.axaml b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/Views/SettingsPage.axaml
index ce231a9a..bc266bfe 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/Views/SettingsPage.axaml
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Avalonia/Views/SettingsPage.axaml
@@ -366,6 +366,18 @@
                         </ui:SettingsExpanderItem.Footer>
                     </ui:SettingsExpanderItem>
                     
+                    <ui:SettingsExpanderItem
+                        Margin="4,0,4,4"
+                        Content="Refresh Models Index"
+                        IconSource="SyncFolder">
+                        <ui:SettingsExpanderItem.Footer>
+                            <Button
+                                Margin="0,8"
+                                Command="{Binding DebugRefreshModelsIndexCommand}"
+                                Content="Refresh Index" />
+                        </ui:SettingsExpanderItem.Footer>
+                    </ui:SettingsExpanderItem>
+                  
                     <ui:SettingsExpanderItem
                         Margin="4,0,4,4"
                         Content="Make image grid"
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/ILiteDbContext.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/ILiteDbContext.cs
index 27d0c67f..ac55191c 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/ILiteDbContext.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/ILiteDbContext.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public interface ILiteDbContext : IDisposable
     ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModel> CivitModels { get; }
     ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelVersion> CivitModelVersions { get; }
     ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelQueryCacheEntry> CivitModelQueryCache { get; }
+    ILiteCollectionAsync<LocalModelFile> LocalModelFiles { get; }
 
     
     Task<(CivitModel?, CivitModelVersion?)> FindCivitModelFromFileHashAsync(string hashBlake3);
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/LiteDbContext.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/LiteDbContext.cs
index d0f7fde1..f568222e 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/LiteDbContext.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Database/LiteDbContext.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class LiteDbContext : ILiteDbContext
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelVersion> CivitModelVersions => Database.GetCollection<CivitModelVersion>("CivitModelVersions");
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<CivitModelQueryCacheEntry> CivitModelQueryCache => Database.GetCollection<CivitModelQueryCacheEntry>("CivitModelQueryCache");
     public ILiteCollectionAsync<GithubCacheEntry> GithubCache => Database.GetCollection<GithubCacheEntry>("GithubCache");
+    public ILiteCollectionAsync<LocalModelFile> LocalModelFiles => Database.GetCollection<LocalModelFile>("LocalModelFiles");
     
     public LiteDbContext(
         ILogger<LiteDbContext> logger,
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/Database/LocalModelFile.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/Database/LocalModelFile.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ab984cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/Database/LocalModelFile.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using LiteDB;
+
+namespace StabilityMatrix.Core.Models.Database;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a locally indexed model file.
+/// </summary>
+public class LocalModelFile
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Relative path to the file from the root model directory.
+    /// </summary>
+    [BsonId]
+    public required string RelativePath { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Type of the model file.
+    /// </summary>
+    public required SharedFolderType SharedFolderType { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional connected model information.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ConnectedModelInfo? ConnectedModelInfo { get; set; }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional preview image relative path.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? PreviewImageRelativePath { get; set; }
+
+    public string GetFullPath(string rootModelDirectory)
+    {
+        return Path.Combine(rootModelDirectory, RelativePath);
+    }
+    
+    public string? GetPreviewImageFullPath(string rootModelDirectory)
+    {
+        return PreviewImageRelativePath == null ? null 
+            : Path.Combine(rootModelDirectory, PreviewImageRelativePath);
+    }
+
+    public static readonly HashSet<string> SupportedCheckpointExtensions =
+        new() { ".safetensors", ".pt", ".ckpt", ".pth", ".bin" };
+    public static readonly HashSet<string> SupportedImageExtensions =
+        new() { ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg" };
+    public static readonly HashSet<string> SupportedMetadataExtensions = new() { ".json" };
+}
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/FileInterfaces/FilePath.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/FileInterfaces/FilePath.cs
index dc77e68b..beb46733 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/FileInterfaces/FilePath.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Models/FileInterfaces/FilePath.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ public class FilePath : FileSystemPath, IPathObject
     {
     }
     
+    public FilePath(FileInfo fileInfo) : base(fileInfo.FullName)
+    {
+        _info = fileInfo;
+    }
+    
     public FilePath(FileSystemPath path) : base(path)
     {
     }
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/IModelIndexService.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/IModelIndexService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ceb6784f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/IModelIndexService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models.Database;
+
+namespace StabilityMatrix.Core.Services;
+
+public interface IModelIndexService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refreshes the local model file index.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task RefreshIndex();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Get all models of the specified type from the existing index.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<LocalModelFile>> GetModelsOfType(SharedFolderType type);
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Starts a background task to refresh the local model file index.
+    /// </summary>
+    void BackgroundRefreshIndex();
+}
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/ModelIndexService.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/ModelIndexService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3680812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/ModelIndexService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Database;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models.Database;
+using StabilityMatrix.Core.Models.FileInterfaces;
+
+namespace StabilityMatrix.Core.Services;
+
+public class ModelIndexService : IModelIndexService
+{
+    private readonly ILogger<ModelIndexService> logger;
+    private readonly ILiteDbContext liteDbContext;
+    private readonly ISettingsManager settingsManager;
+
+    public ModelIndexService(
+        ILogger<ModelIndexService> logger,
+        ILiteDbContext liteDbContext,
+        ISettingsManager settingsManager
+    )
+    {
+        this.logger = logger;
+        this.liteDbContext = liteDbContext;
+        this.settingsManager = settingsManager;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deletes all entries in the local model file index.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task ClearIndex()
+    {
+        await liteDbContext.LocalModelFiles.DeleteAllAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<LocalModelFile>> GetModelsOfType(SharedFolderType type)
+    {
+        return await liteDbContext.LocalModelFiles
+            .Query()
+            .Where(m => m.SharedFolderType == type)
+            .ToArrayAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+    
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task RefreshIndex()
+    {
+        var modelsDir = new DirectoryPath(settingsManager.ModelsDirectory);
+
+        // Start
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        logger.LogInformation("Refreshing model index...");
+        
+        using var db
+            = await liteDbContext.Database.BeginTransactionAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        
+        var localModelFiles = db.GetCollection<LocalModelFile>("LocalModelFiles")!;
+
+        await localModelFiles.DeleteAllAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Record start of actual indexing
+        var indexStart = stopwatch.Elapsed;
+        
+        var added = 0;
+        
+        foreach (
+            var file in modelsDir.Info
+                .EnumerateFiles("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                .Select(info => new FilePath(info))
+        )
+        {
+            // Skip if not supported extension
+            if (!LocalModelFile.SupportedCheckpointExtensions.Contains(file.Info.Extension))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            
+            var relativePath = Path.GetRelativePath(modelsDir, file);
+            
+            // Get shared folder name
+            var sharedFolderName = relativePath.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar,
+                StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)[0];
+            // Convert to enum
+            var sharedFolderType = Enum.Parse<SharedFolderType>(sharedFolderName, true);
+            
+            var localModel = new LocalModelFile
+            {
+                RelativePath = relativePath,
+                SharedFolderType = sharedFolderType,
+            };
+            
+            // Try to find a connected model info
+            var jsonPath = file.Directory!.JoinFile(
+                new FilePath(file.NameWithoutExtension, ".cm-info.json"));
+
+            if (jsonPath.Exists)
+            {
+                var connectedModelInfo = ConnectedModelInfo.FromJson(
+                    await jsonPath.ReadAllTextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false));
+                
+                localModel.ConnectedModelInfo = connectedModelInfo;
+            }
+            
+            // Try to find a preview image
+            var previewImagePath = LocalModelFile.SupportedImageExtensions
+                .Select(ext => file.Directory!.JoinFile($"{file.NameWithoutExtension}.preview{ext}")
+                    ).FirstOrDefault(path => path.Exists);
+
+            if (previewImagePath != null)
+            {
+                localModel.PreviewImageRelativePath = Path.GetRelativePath(modelsDir, previewImagePath);
+            }
+            
+            // Insert into database
+            await localModelFiles.InsertAsync(localModel).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            
+            added++;
+        }
+        
+        // Record end of actual indexing
+        var indexEnd = stopwatch.Elapsed;
+        
+        await db.CommitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        
+        // End
+        stopwatch.Stop();
+        var indexDuration = indexEnd - indexStart;
+        var dbDuration = stopwatch.Elapsed - indexDuration;
+        
+        logger.LogInformation("Model index refreshed with {Entries} entries, took {IndexDuration:F1}ms ({DbDuration:F1}ms db)",
+            added, indexDuration.TotalMilliseconds, dbDuration.TotalMilliseconds);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void BackgroundRefreshIndex() { }
+}