Screenpipe keeps a searchable record of your screen and audio for you and your agents to query. Smart Jelly reads only text, in the apps you choose, and turns it into people, projects and what you owe.
A record of everything on your computer — screen and audio — as a searchable history for you and your AI agents. Built for developers, knowledge workers and teams automating their work.
Smart Jelly goes furtherA memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
| Smart Jelly | Screenpipe | |
|---|---|---|
| How it reads your work | The text of the apps you choose. No screenshots | Screenshots on every app switch, click or pause, with Accessibility text and OCR as fallback |
| What it builds | People and what each is to you, projects, your days as episodes | A searchable timeline of screen and audio; tagged “memories” written by you or its pipes |
| What you owe people | One list across every app. Each closes itself when the reply, file or meeting happens, with the proof attached | Action items in meeting summaries; no tracking that closes them found |
| Meetings | Bot-free notes, a brief before the call, live cards during it | Bot-free live transcript and a summary after; in-call help and briefs not documented |
| Where memory lives | On your Mac, encrypted | Your device by default; encryption at rest not documented; optional end-to-end encrypted sync |
| Building on it | MCP for other AI tools | MCP, a local REST API, raw SQL, a store of scheduled pipes |
| Local models | Own keys optional; no fully local model | Local Whisper and Ollama supported |
| Licence | Closed source | Source available under a commercial licence since June 2026 (MIT before); commercial use needs a paid licence |
| Platforms | Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14+) | Mac, Windows, Linux |
A tick marks the side that does more on that row. Where Screenpipe’s documentation says nothing, we say “not documented” rather than guess.
It was MIT-licensed until June 2026. Its core now uses the Screenpipe Commercial License: free for personal and non-commercial use, with a paid licence for commercial use. Smart Jelly is closed source.
No. It reads the text apps expose for screen readers, in the apps you choose. Password managers and banking are never read.
Screenpipe, if you want raw access: SQL, an API and pipes. Smart Jelly gives your AI tools a structured memory over MCP: people, tasks and mail that needs you.
Compiled from Screenpipe’s publicly documented behaviour, 5 October 2026. These products ship fast — check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.