Pensieve AI Alternatives

Pensieve AI is described as 'Pensieve is a privacy-focused passive recording project. It can automatically record screen content, build intelligent indices, and provide a convenient web interface to retrieve historical records' and is an app in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pensieve AI for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Google Chrome, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Pensieve AI alternative is Memex, which is free. Other great apps like Pensieve AI are Fabric Internet OS, screenpipe, OpenRecall and TimeScroll.

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  1. Memex icon
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    A reading app that keeps you in the flow of your online reading & research. Save, annotate, share & collaborate without leaving your tab.

    83 Memex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Firefox
     
    • Memex is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • Memex is the most popular free alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • Memex is Freemium and ProprietaryPensieve AI is Free and Open Source
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    Comprehensive AI-powered storage system featuring semantic search, automatic data organization, syncing across devices, collaborative workspaces, annotation for files and websites, real-time sharing, direct linking, and integration of drives, links, and notes.

    43 Fabric Internet OS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
     
    • Fabric Internet OS is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • Fabric Internet OS is Freemium and ProprietaryPensieve AI is Free and Open Source
  3. screenpipe icon
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    Provides local 24/7 screen and microphone recording for offline AI use, supporting automation, knowledge extraction, and custom workflows. Ensures full data privacy, works with Ollama, enables JavaScript plugin integration in a sandboxed environment, and lets users own their information.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • screenpipe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • screenpipe is the most popular Open Source alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • screenpipe is Freemium and Open SourcePensieve AI is Free and Open Source
  4. OpenRecall icon
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    OpenRecall lets you easily access your digital history, enhancing your memory and productivity without compromising your privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  5. TimeScroll icon
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    TimeScroll makes your Mac’s past instantly searchable—private by design, free forever.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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.

    9 Windows Recall alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Flamory icon
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    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.

    172 Flamory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Windrecorder icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Python
     
  9. Trickle icon
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    Trickle helps you summarize and organize screenshots, extracting insights for easy search and query. Transform visual chaos into an intelligent archive, allowing you to screenshot anything and effortlessly retrieve and utilize its contents later.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mac
     
    • Trickle is the most popular commercial alternative to Pensieve AI.

    • Trickle is Paid and ProprietaryPensieve AI is Free and Open Source
  10. Diskernet icon
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    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
     
  11. ScreenMemory icon
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    See, and search for, what you did at any point in time on your macOS device's screen

    8 ScreenMemory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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