Privacy
What stays on your Mac, and what can leave it
Reperi works on your files and your clipboard, so it owes you a straight account of where that data goes.
What stays on your Mac
- The search index and the search model. Finding by meaning runs on your Mac.
- Text read from screenshots and photos. It is read on your Mac and never sent anywhere.
- Your clips, your settings and your list of folders.
- Your AI key, in the macOS Keychain, and only in the app's memory while it runs.
What can leave, and only if you add an AI key
| Feature | What is sent to your provider | When |
|---|---|---|
| File summaries | The file name and the opening of its text, up to about 1,500 characters | Each document, once. Images are never included. |
| Typing without accents | Your short search query | When a search is typed in plain letters, English included |
| Clip titles and projects | The clip text (up to about 1,500 characters), the app name, and outside browsers the window title; a few recent clip titles to match projects | Each new clip |
Remove the key in Settings and none of this happens. Reperi keeps searching.
What is never stored or sent
- Copies from 1Password, Bitwarden, Apple Passwords, Dashlane, KeePassXC, LastPass and Keychain Access.
- Window titles from browsers, because they are page titles.
- Text read from images.
Everything Reperi does on the network
- Downloads the search model once, on first launch.
- Calls your AI provider, only if you added a key.
- Nothing else. There is no account, no analytics server and no Reperi cloud.
Where your data lives, and how to remove it
Index, clips and settings are in ~/Library/Application Support/Reperi, and logs in ~/Library/Logs/Reperi. Settings, About has a button that shows each folder. Delete the folder and the app and everything is gone. Delete the key in Settings, or in Keychain Access, to remove it.
FAQ
No. There is nothing to sign up for.
Yes. Use it without an AI key, or point it at a model that runs on your own Mac such as Ollama or LM Studio.
In the macOS Keychain on your Mac. It is never written to a file.
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