ScreenMind searches and chats with your screen history on-device

ScreenMind searches and chats with your screen history on-device

ScreenMind is a privacy-focused alternative to . It keeps analyzing , but processes them on your own computer so the data does not leave your machine. It uses Gemma 4 to handle images, audio, and reasoning together, so you can search past or ask questions about what appeared on your screen.

It can find things like a Discord message from Alex, an email from Microsoft, or any screenshot that contained certain text. It also shows a timeline of what you spent time on during the day. can be built on top of the screen history, such as sending a daily report to Slack, either with plain English instructions or with Python for deeper control.

A hotkey can save voice memos together with a screenshot, and meetings can be detected, transcribed, and summarized automatically. The hard part is keeping it running as a , because a local model that continuously studies can use a lot of computer resources.

Key points

  • ScreenMind aims to be a privacy-focused alternative to .
  • are analyzed on the user’s own computer instead of being sent away.
  • You can search or ask questions about past messages, emails, , and work history.
  • can be written in plain English or Python, including Slack daily reports.
  • Running a local model all day may use significant computer resources.

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