OpenRecall Alternatives

OpenRecall is described as 'Open-source, privacy-focused tool capturing digital history via snapshots with searchable text and images, advanced local OCR, and cross-platform support' and is a Screen Recorder in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to OpenRecall for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and Google Chrome apps. The best OpenRecall alternative is screenpipe. Other great apps like OpenRecall are ScreenMind, TimeScroll, Windows Recall and Flamory.

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  1. screenpipe icon
     24 likes

    Records screen and audio activity locally, indexing extracted text and transcripts into searchable history. A local API and MCP server let AI tools query past work, while exclusions, deletion controls, PII redaction, local models, and scheduled pipes support workflows.

    19 screenpipe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Source Available

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. ScreenMind icon
     9 likes

    Captures and analyzes screen activity with AI, using smart detection and Gemma 4 for app content and layout recognition. Data stays local with encryption, semantic and keyword search, chat recall, multiple analysis modes, transcription, automation, and integrations for secure usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. TimeScroll icon
     6 likes

    TimeScroll makes your Mac’s past instantly searchable—private by design, free forever.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Recall helps you find anything you've seen on your PC by capturing snapshots of your activity, allowing you to search using keywords, context, or scroll through a visual timeline. All data is processed and stored locally to protect privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Flamory icon
     137 likes

    Flamory remembers things, so you don't have to. Make snapshots of web pages, files and desktop apps. You can find snapshots later using full-text search and thumbnails. Paste them anywhere as links or screenshots.

    193 Flamory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Windrecorder icon
     7 likes

    Windrecorder is a memory search app by records everything on your screen in small size, to let you rewind what you have seen, query through OCR text or image description, and get activity statistics.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Python
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  7. Dayflow icon
     Like

    Native macOS tool records screen activity at 1 FPS, analyzes every 15 minutes using AI to produce a timeline with concise summaries, distraction highlights, focus metrics, timelapse viewing, automatic removal of old data, and minimal system resource use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Dropbox Dash icon
     3 likes

    Meet Dash, your personal universal search tool. Search all your apps. All your tabs. All in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  9. Diskernet icon
     4 likes

    DiskerNet is an archivist browser controller that caches everything you browse, a library server with full text search to serve your archive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Falcon icon
     5 likes

    Flexible full text browsing history search in Chrome! Press f, then space or tab, in the omnibar to start searching your previously visited websites! Every time you visit a website in Chrome, Falcon indexes all the text on the page so that the site can be easily found later.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
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  11. ScreenMemory icon
     2 likes

    See, and search for, what you did at any point in time on your macOS device's screen

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Unlost AI icon
     4 likes

    Unlost AI captures your screen and lets you search everything you've seen semantically.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
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