hi author here, Screenmind is privacy first Microsoft recall alternative .
It runs on gemma 4 which is one of the fewer models supporting vision audio and reasoning all 3, so your data never leaves you machine.With screenmind you can keep a track of your timeline , how much time you spent on what..search any screenshot with any text on it.. and the coolest thing, you can chat with your screen history, like what did alex texted me on discord or did i received any mail from Microsoft, if it was on your screen , you can prompt it in the cha. and also you can make automations on top of it, like send me my whole day report on slack(it has integrations )..you can also write automation either though plain English for not so coders or use the python for devs who want to deep dive, and you can save voice memos(with a screenshot) with just a hotkey, and get you meeting transcribed and summarised(auto detects meeting)the hardest part which i faced was keep running screenmind as a background service it would not have been not hard if chat feature didn't existed, as running local model requires compute ..and keep analyzing screenshots continuously will keep all the resouces hogged up for that i came up with a perceptual has cache .. the three tier cache system reduces inference upto 40% for an average user(which is me)..and to reduce the inference time more i came up with three modes..fast balanced and accurate..where the tradeoff is between time and accuracyfor now i use it daily on my 4gb gtx 1650 with fast mode, works pretty fine also it would be much faster on high end machine , it also has a mcp server so you can just ask claude desktop/cursor about the bug you saw in morning..supports windows/mac/Linuxbeing upfront about rough edges , it is not extensively tested on mac and installation has some friction , for which i m working on one click installer thing(reposting- i put up an earlier version a few days back, comments got flagged cuz of new account so couldn't reply to any )repo:github.com/ayushh0110/ScreenMindcurious about anyone have idea for how to approach multi monitor support
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A privacy-first Microsoft Recall alternative, emphasizing local data processing and comprehensive screen activity analysis.
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A privacy-first Microsoft Recall alternative, emphasizing local data processing and comprehensive screen activity analysis.
Screenmind directly capitalizes on the market's privacy concerns, positioning itself as a local-first alternative to cloud-dependent solutions like Microsoft Recall. Its ability to process vision, audio, and reasoning on-device using models like Gemma 4 addresses a critical user demand for data sovereignty. The product tackles significant technical challenges, specifically managing continuous local model inference and resource consumption through a three-tier cache system, reducing inference by 40%. This innovation is crucial for making such intensive local agents viable on consumer hardware. The feature set, including screen history search, chat, and automation with integrations, targets productivity and personal knowledge management. While hardware dependency and installation friction remain, the trend towards powerful, privacy-preserving local AI agents for personal and professional use is undeniable.
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You’re basically building https://coreviz.io though
Could be quite interesting especially since it runs on hyprland!Does it supports other languages than english by chance ?
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