screenpipe
by screenpipe
Screenpipe is a desktop app and command-line tool that continuously records your screen and audio, stores it on your own device, and makes it searchable with AI. It is also meant to map the work people do so a business can spot tasks worth automating and give AI agents context.
- Stars
- 22.2k +20 a day
- Licence
- Unclear
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 864 days
What you can do with it
- Search everything you have seen, said or heard on your computer using plain-language questions
- Map your regular workflows to find repetitive work worth automating
- Connect it to Claude or other AI agents so they can use your recent activity as context
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer workflow audits and automation set-up to small businesses, using recorded work history to show which tasks are worth automating.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Review how staff actually spend their time on the computer to find tasks to automate, instead of paying consultants to interview people
- Keep a searchable record of meetings, client calls and work done, so you can recall details and write up summaries or invoices faster
Can you use it commercially?
No standard licence detected. Read the licence before using it commercially.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the desktop app for macOS, Windows or Linux, or run it with npx screenpipe record and add the MCP server with a single command.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Licence is not a standard open-source one (source-available, marked as unasserted), so check the terms before commercial use
- Records everything on screen and audio, which raises serious privacy and consent issues, especially for staff or client calls
- Some features depend on a paid plan
- Uses roughly 5-20% CPU and 0.5-3 GB of RAM while capturing, and storage use can grow large
- Cloud AI, sync and team features send data outside the device
Checked 01 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
