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The application continuously captures the screen on a Mac, taking a screenshot roughly every two seconds and extracting any visible text. Those images and OCR results are stored locally in a SQLite database and video files, allowing the user to rewind through a full‑screen timeline, copy text from past screenshots, and filter the history by keyword or by the originating application. A built‑in search view lets the user locate specific moments, and a “Copy Recent Context” button can generate a prompt containing the most recent visual context for use with language models.

It is aimed at users who want a private, offline record of everything they see on their desktop, such as researchers, developers, or anyone needing to retrieve past information without cloud services. The software is open source, runs locally without telemetry, and supports both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, with basic multi‑monitor handling.

The project is in an early, stable stage and invites contributions to add features like natural‑language vector search, spatial image matching, and finer‑grained data management. All data resides in the user’s Library container, and a purge option removes the entire history if desired.