Question 1

What is the best open-source alternative to Rewind?

Accepted Answer

Screenpipe is the best open-source alternative to Rewind (now Limitless). It captures your screen and audio 24/7, stores everything locally, and works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Unlike Rewind, Screenpipe is fully transparent and gives you complete control over your data with a developer API.

Question 2

How does Screenpipe compare to Microsoft Recall?

Accepted Answer

Screenpipe works on any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer — no special hardware required. Microsoft Recall only works on Copilot+ PCs with Windows 11 and has no audio capture. Screenpipe is open-source, captures both screen and audio, and supports local-only capture and search.

Question 3

Is Screenpipe a good Omi alternative?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Unlike Omi's cloud-first workflow, Screenpipe supports local-only capture and search on your device. Screenpipe is open-source, works on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and doesn't require any wearable hardware.

Question 4

How does Screenpipe compare to Scribe?

Accepted Answer

Scribe creates step-by-step documentation guides from on-demand screen recordings. Screenpipe is fundamentally different — it continuously captures your screen and audio, building a searchable AI memory of what you've seen, said, and heard. Scribe is cloud-first; Screenpipe is local-first and can run local-only for core capture and search.

Question 5

How does Screenpipe compare to Guidde?

Accepted Answer

Guidde turns short on-demand screen recordings into polished AI-narrated walkthrough videos. Screenpipe is an always-on AI memory layer — it captures your screen and audio continuously, stores everything locally, and gives you AI search across your entire work history. Guidde is cloud-only and on-demand; Screenpipe is local-first and continuous. Use Guidde to ship how-to videos. Use Screenpipe to remember what you did, build AI agents on your work data, or give your AI full context.

Question 6

Is Screenpipe a good Teramind alternative?

Accepted Answer

Yes, especially if you want screen capture without a surveillance model. Both capture screen activity, but Teramind is built around central manager review. Screenpipe is local-first, gives employees AI-powered search over their own work, and supports team deployment with scoped admin policy controls.

Question 7

Does Screenpipe remove sensitive data like SSNs and credit cards?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Screenpipe runs PII removal on your device, before anything is stored. A deterministic pattern engine detects credit cards, US Social Security numbers, API keys (AWS, OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and more), private keys, passwords, and seed phrases, and screenpipe also ships a trained on-device text PII model that catches more sensitive data than OpenAI's and Microsoft's privacy filters. Cloud-first tools upload your raw screen and audio to their servers first, so your sensitive data leaves your device before any filtering happens.

Question 8

Does Screenpipe upload my data to the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Screenpipe is local-first by design. In local-only mode, screen captures, audio transcriptions, and extracted text are stored in a local SQLite database on your device. Data movement depends on whether you enable sync, cloud AI, exports, connectors, or team workflows.

Question 9

Is Screenpipe open source?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Screenpipe is open-source under the MIT license. You can audit the capture engine, self-host, or fork it for your own needs.

Feature	Screenpipe	Limitless	Recall	Otter.ai	Granola	Omi	Littlebird	Pieces	Scribe	Guidde	Teramind
On-device PII removal			Sensitive filter
Open source						hardware only		partial
Local-first data								local + cloud
Screen capture									Screenshots only	Sessions only
Audio capture										AI voiceover only
Keyboard & clipboard
Cross-platform	Mac, Win, Linux	Mac only	Win 11 only	Web	Mac, Win	iOS, Android	Mac only	Mac, Win, Linux	Web, Mac, Win	Web, Mac, Win	Win, Mac
Developer API				limited
No hardware required			Copilot+ PC

Screenpipe vs Alternatives

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Feature Comparison

Detailed Comparisons

vs Littlebird

vs Limitless (Rewind)

vs Microsoft Recall

vs ScreenMemory

vs Granola

vs Remio

vs ChatGPT Memory

vs Claude App

vs OpenClaw

vs Otter.ai

vs tl;dv

vs Pieces for Developers

vs Omi

vs Scribe

vs Guidde

vs Teramind

vs OpenAI Chronicle

vs Build It Yourself

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