arkohut/pensieve
A passive recording project allows you to have complete control over your data. Automatically take screenshots of all your screens, index them, and save them locally. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 89
- Longevity 59
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4.5
- age_days: 829
- days_rel: 75
- days_push: 45
- n_releases_24m: 33
Adoption not part of the score
1386 stars · 60 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pensieve is a privacy-focused passive screen recording application that automatically takes screenshots of your screens, indexes them with OCR and vector embeddings, and stores everything locally. It provides a web interface with full-text and vector search over your screen history, powered by Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible model.
Use cases
- find a webpage I saw last week from my screen history
- self-hosted alternative to Rewind or Windows Recall
- search my screenshots with natural language
- keep a private record of everything on my screen
- let an AI agent search my screen history
- index screenshots locally with OCR and vector search
When to choose
- you want Rewind/Recall-style screen memory but with full local data control
- you already run Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint
- you're on Mac or Windows and want pip-based simple setup
When to avoid
- you need Linux support (still in development)
- you're unwilling to run local ML models or store large screenshot archives
- you need cloud-synced screen history across devices
Facets
application · maturity active
ocr search-engine vector-database image-processing llm-inference rag self-hosted http-server plugin-system privacy developer-tools artificial-intelligence self-hosted windows python self-hosted screen-recording screenshot-search rewind-alternative local-first ollama passive-recording quantified-self search macos web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/arkohut/pensieve · fetched 2026-08-28 · bb38dc023b54
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| arkohut/pensieve | main | 85 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="arkohut/pensieve")
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