Screenpipe: AI That Remembers Everything You See

Perfect Digital Memory

You saw a great design on a website three weeks ago. You heard someone mention a book in a meeting last month. You read an article that had exactly the statistic you need now, but you cannot find it.

Screenpipe records your screen and audio continuously, processes everything with AI, and makes it all searchable. It is like having a perfect memory for your digital life.

How It Works

Screenpipe runs in the background on your computer. It captures screenshots at regular intervals and records audio from your microphone. OCR extracts text from screenshots. Speech-to-text transcribes audio. Everything is indexed and searchable.

Search naturally: "What was the name of the restaurant Sarah recommended in our call on Tuesday?" or "Show me the dashboard design I was looking at last week."

Privacy First

This is the question everyone asks: is it safe?

Everything stays local. Data is stored on your machine and never uploaded anywhere. The processing happens locally using your own CPU.

You control what is captured. Exclude specific apps, windows, or time periods. Do not want it recording while you are in your banking app? Exclude it.

Encryption optional. Enable encryption for stored data if you want an extra layer of protection.

Open source. The code is public and auditable. No hidden data collection.

Practical Use Cases

Meeting recall. Forget taking notes. Screenpipe captures everything. After a meeting, ask: "What action items were discussed in my 2 PM meeting?" and get accurate answers.

Research tracking. Browse dozens of articles and websites during research. Later, search for any detail you encountered. No more lost tabs and forgotten bookmarks.

Work logging. Automatically track what you worked on and when. Generate timesheets, activity reports, or just remember what you did last Friday.

Learning reinforcement. Watching tutorial videos? Screenpipe captures the content. Search for specific techniques or commands you saw demonstrated.

Context recovery. Get interrupted mid-task and forget what you were doing? Search your recent activity to pick up exactly where you left off.

System Requirements

Screenpipe is surprisingly lightweight. It uses about 3-5% CPU and minimal storage (roughly 1-2GB per day of recordings, compressed).

Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. The open-source version is free. A paid tier offers additional features like cloud sync and advanced search.

Getting Started

Download from screenpipe.com or build from source. The installer handles everything. Within minutes, Screenpipe is recording and indexing your screen.

Let it run for a few days before testing search. It needs data to be useful. After a week, you will wonder how you worked without it.

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