Local Scribe
Search and summaries over your own files, on your Mac.
Ask questions about your documents and notes and get answers with sources, run entirely on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.
- Estimated window
- Closed beta: 2027 Q1–Q2
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Progress
- 5%
Estimates are ranges, not delivery guarantees. Contractual wait limits and refunds are defined separately in the terms.
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- Problem
- AI search means sending your files to someone else's server.
- Scope
- Local indexing, on-device model, cited answers, folder choice.
- Estimated effort
- High — our team, roughly 6 months
Where it is on the line
- 1
Discovery & scopeNow
Discovery · 2–3 weeks
- 2
Name, icon & screen votes
Design · +3–5 weeks
- 3
Working prototype
Prototype · +4–6 weeks
- 4
Closed beta (founder priority)
Closed beta · +6–10 weeks
- 5
App Store review
Store review · +1–3 weeks
Every change, with its reason
Old estimates stay visible. Each revision shows what changed, why, and when the next update is due.
No estimate changes yet. The first estimate is the one shown above.
Local Scribe updates
No public updates for this app yet. Founders get a weekly log in the club.