Open source alternatives to Rewind

3 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Rewind does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Rewind does

  1. Record screen historycore
  2. Search everything you have seencore
  3. Ask AI about past activity
  4. Meeting audio and transcripts
  5. Stored locally on your device
  6. Time-based browsing of history

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
screenpipeRecords screen and audio history on your computer to give agents context Replaces it100%22k+110
1,687
 8 days ago100% Install like an app Custom license
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence
  • Record screen historycoreYesContinuously record your company's computer work
  • Search everything you have seencoreYessearch with ai - find anything using natural language
  • Ask AI about past activityYesask claude what did i see in the last 5 mins?
  • Meeting audio and transcriptsYestranscription, speakers, keyboard inputs, app switches
  • Stored locally on your deviceYescapture history stays on your device by default
  • Time-based browsing of historyYesScrub back through your day to the exact screen
ScreenMindLocal app that records screen history and lets you search and chat with it Replaces it100%249+2
35
 11 days ago100% Install like an app MIT
Covers everything on the checklist.See the evidence
  • Record screen historycoreYesCaptures when your screen *actually* changes.
  • Search everything you have seencoreYesFind anything by *meaning*, not just keywords.
  • Ask AI about past activityYesAsk anything about your screen history
  • Meeting audio and transcriptsYestranscribes, and generates structured summaries
  • Stored locally on your deviceYes100% local, 100% private.
  • Time-based browsing of historyYesTimelapse playback of your entire day
WindrecorderRecords screen activity and makes it searchable by OCR text and image descriptions Replaces it81%4.0k+1
3
 NoneToo few Install like an app GPL-2.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Ask AI about past activity. Not shown: Meeting audio and transcripts.See the evidence
  • Record screen historycoreYesrecords everything on your screen
  • Search everything you have seencoreYesquery through OCR text or image description
  • Ask AI about past activityPartlyUse an AI agent to search your records
  • Meeting audio and transcriptsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Stored locally on your deviceYesrun completely locally
  • Time-based browsing of historyYesrewind live footage

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