Screenpipe
Local screen and audio capture as searchable context for AI.
Desktop app: installed on users' computers, not run as a web service.
Legal note: Records screen and audio. If used by an employer it can amount to employee monitoring: it needs a legal basis and a DPIA under the GDPR, employee information and possibly MBL negotiation (Sweden).
Building on it: what may you do?
Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.
- B1 Change the code for internal use in your company No No, no business use without a commercial agreement.
- B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS No No.
- B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it No No.
- B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.
Keep in mind
- There is a licence note for this product (e.g. parts under another licence or version-specific terms): read it and check the licence of the exact version you use.
This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.
The licence in brief
Screenpipe Commercial License (LicenseRef-Screenpipe-Commercial)
Not open source. Free only for personal, non-profit, educational and research use plus a 7-day evaluation. Any business use requires a paid licence.
What does LicenseRef-Screenpipe-Commercial mean?
The source is public but the licence is commercial: business use requires a paid licence. Therefore not listed as a recommended alternative.
This is guidance, not legal advice (inte juridisk rådgivning). Check with a lawyer before deciding.
Facts
- Licence
- LicenseRef-Screenpipe-Commercial
- Licence type
- Non-commercial
- Maturity
- Growing
- Open core
- No
- GitHub stars
- 21.8k
- Latest activity
- Deployment
- Desktop
- Login/SSO
- Unknown
- API
- Unknown
- Multi-tenant
- Unknown
- EU vendor
- Unknown
- Source code
- github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe
- Source
- GitHub API, fetched 2026-10-03
Licence analysis per use case
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