screenpipe

screenpipe is a local-first desktop app that captures searchable screen text and audio on your device and exposes it through a local API and MCP server so AI assistants can help with recall, meeting notes, summaries, and workflows. It is source-available under the Screenpipe Commercial License, with a free tier and paid individual, team, and enterprise plans.

screenpipe is a context layer for AI agents that runs on your own computer. It captures what appears on screen and what is heard and said, turning that stream into a searchable history of your work across apps, meetings, and conversations. Rather than recording every second indiscriminately, it captures meaningful moments and pairs each screen capture with the structured accessibility text the operating system already exposes, falling back to on-device OCR where that is unavailable. Speech is transcribed locally, with an option to use a cloud transcription provider instead. The product is built to feed AI tools rather than replace them. A local API and an MCP server expose the captured history so compatible assistants such as Claude and Codex can answer questions about your work, draft meeting notes, produce work summaries, and run scheduled workflows grounded in what screenpipe recorded. Recordings stay on the device by default, which keeps sensitive material local, while optional cloud AI, transcription, sync, and team features can transmit selected context off-device when a user chooses to enable them. The app runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux and is designed to work on typical machines from the last several years. screenpipe is source-available under the Screenpipe Commercial License rather than a traditional open-source license: personal, non-commercial, educational, and research use are free, and commercial or production use requires a paid license. The desktop product offers a free tier limited to one device with limited history, paid individual and team subscriptions that unlock full searchable history, cross-device sync, and team workspaces, and custom enterprise plans with controls such as single sign-on and device management. Buyers focused on privacy will value the local-first default, while those expecting a fully open-source license or fully free commercial use should read the license terms closely.