# jasonjmcghee/rem

An open source approach to locally record and enable searching everything you view on your Mac.

Repository: https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/rem
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rem
Homepage: https://jasonjmcghee.github.io/rem-homepage/
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: local, memory, search, macos, swift, swiftui, producitivity, utilities, recall, rewind
Last push: 2024-05-30T04:28:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 17/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 70
- inputs: {"age_days": 980, "days_push": 825, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2485, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.522005+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: search-engine, ocr, image-processing, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, privacy, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: screen-recording, recall, rewind-alternative, local-first, screenshot-search, time-scrubber, llm-context, search, macos, desktop, swift

## Member repositories
- jasonjmcghee/rem (main) score 17

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.522005+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:04.292750+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jasonjmcghee/rem (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.522005+00:00, sha 0db747371e39)
  - homepage: https://jasonjmcghee.github.io/rem-homepage/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:54.038755+00:00, sha c53f9fe839cd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.