jasonjmcghee/rem
An open source approach to locally record and enable searching everything you view on your Mac. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
17/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 70
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: n/a
- age_days: 980
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 825
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2485 stars · 77 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
rem is an open-source macOS application that locally records everything you view on your screen by taking periodic screenshots and running OCR on them. It lets you scrub back in time, search everything you've seen by keyword, and copy text from past screens, all fully offline.
Use cases
- find a page I saw earlier on my Mac
- search everything I've viewed on screen
- copy text from something I saw hours ago
- open source Rewind alternative
- grab recent screen context for an LLM prompt
- locally record screen activity without cloud
When to choose
- you want a fully local, privacy-focused screen memory tool with no telemetry
- you're on Apple Silicon (or Intel) macOS 13+ and want keyword search over your screen history
- you prefer open-source over proprietary alternatives like Rewind
When to avoid
- you need natural language / semantic search - it's not implemented yet
- you need Windows or Linux support (only the separate xrem project targets that)
- you need a polished, stable product - it's explicitly very alpha
- you're uncomfortable with the privacy implications of recording your screen
Facets
application · maturity experimental
search-engine ocr image-processing developer-tools developer-tools privacy operating-systems screen-recording recall rewind-alternative local-first screenshot-search time-scrubber llm-context search macos desktop swift
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/rem · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0db747371e39
- homepage: https://jasonjmcghee.github.io/rem-homepage/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c53f9fe839cd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jasonjmcghee/rem | main | 17 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jasonjmcghee/rem")
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