Confidential capture that stays on your device
Law practices handle privileged, client-confidential work. screenpipe captures your screen and audio locally - so matter data stays on your machine, not on someone else's cloud.
Quick answer
Local-first capture for law practices. In local-only mode, privileged and client-confidential work stays on your device - no cloud, no third-party processing. Open source and auditable.
See it in action
Why law firms can't use cloud-first AI tools
Privilege and client confidentiality make cloud-first capture a non-starter for most legal work.
Cloud-first tools route privileged work through servers you don't control
Confidentiality and privilege risk make most AI note-takers off-limits
Every cloud vendor is another security review and data-processing agreement
Closed-source apps can't be vetted before they touch a matter
Time, context, and notes are scattered across email, documents, and billing
Local-first capture built for confidential work
screenpipe records your screen and audio on your own device. In local-only mode, capture, OCR, and search run on your machine and nothing is sent anywhere. Optional cloud AI, sync, and connectors are separate and can be left off entirely for privileged work.
Privileged work stays on-device
Local-only mode keeps recordings, transcripts, and extracted text on your machine. No cloud, no third-party processing.
Faster matter documentation
Recall what you reviewed and discussed, and draft notes and memos grounded in real context.
Capture billable context
See where time actually went across documents, research, and calls to support accurate billing.
Open source and auditable
MIT-licensed core your firm's IT and security can inspect before it touches a matter.
How it works
Install on your machine
screenpipe runs locally on macOS, Windows, or Linux. In local-only mode, your data never leaves the device.
Work your matters
Research, review, draft, and take calls. screenpipe captures screen and audio in the background.
Recall and document
Search what happened on a matter, reconstruct billable time, and draft notes from what you actually did.
Key benefits
Frequently asked questions
Not in local-only mode. Capture, OCR, and search all run on your machine. Cloud AI, sync, and connectors are optional features separate from core capture - leave them off and nothing is transmitted.
screenpipe is local-first: in local-only mode, captured work stays on your device and is never sent to a third party, which removes the cloud-processing surface that creates confidentiality risk. As with any tool, your firm owns the overall policy - retention, access controls, and any data-processing agreement where third-party processing is enabled.
Yes. The core is MIT-licensed, so your IT and security teams can inspect exactly what it does before installing it on machines that handle client matters.
Yes. Because screenpipe captures what you actually worked on across documents, research, and calls, you can reconstruct where time went and support more accurate, defensible billing.
Yes. screenpipe supports team and enterprise deployment with admin controls, MDM rollout, and per-device policies, so a firm can standardize configuration across attorneys and staff.