nanorecall
nanorecall is an MIT-licensed local desktop memory and screen search engine designed as a private alternative to Windows Recall. It uses local processing, OCR, and vector search to help users retrieve information from captured screen content without cloud services.
Overview
8 featuresnanorecall sits in PulseGate's CLI tools & terminal category. It focuses on searching and recalling information from desktop screen history without sending data to cloud services. nanorecall is an open-source project aimed at privacy-conscious developers and desktop power users. The project is open source (MIT). nanorecall is available on the command line, macOS, Windows, and Linux, and it can be self-hosted.
Behind nanorecall is eminsk, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 9 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include screen capture search, desktop memory, and local processing.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Screen capture search
- Desktop memory
- Local processing
- OCR
- Vector search
- SIMD acceleration
- Zero-cloud operation
- Privacy-focused storage
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Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about nanorecall
- What does nanorecall do?
- Nanorecall focuses on searching and recalling information from desktop screen history without sending data to cloud services. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.
- Who should use nanorecall?
- nanorecall is an open-source project built for privacy-conscious developers and desktop power users.
- Is nanorecall free?
- Yes — nanorecall is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does nanorecall run on?
- nanorecall runs on the command line, macOS, Windows, and Linux. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is nanorecall still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 9 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to nanorecall?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include DoomCLI, atomgit, and anvil.DoomCLIatomgitanvil
- Who makes nanorecall?
- nanorecall is developed by eminsk.
- How long has nanorecall been around?
- nanorecall first shipped in 2026.
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