Private AI for macOS that finds what you saved, saw, or heard
Your second brain on your desktop
Stage
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Founded
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Based in
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CA
Pricing model
Paid
Free
Pricing
Flex: $9/month billed annually with 6+ months free. Lifetime: $249 one-time payment with 6+ months free, includes 1 year of updates and lifetime access. Teams: $999 one-time payment with 6+ months free, includes all features for 5 Macs, lifetime access, and 1 year of updates.
Free for the desktop app. Barside Plus: US$20 a month or US$200 a year. Paid Spaces: creators set their own pricing through Stripe, with Barside taking 8% (5% for Plus subscribers).
Key features
Search inside 100+ file types including PDFs, videos, audio, images, documents, and design files
Screen memory search to recall meetings, chats, shared screens, and dashboards
Semantic and keyword search across files
Agentic search to find files matching specific criteria
Face recognition search
Auto-organize folders with files matching your criteria
Rename files automatically based on their content
Chat with files privately with citations to the source
Extract file data to CSV format
Anonymize sensitive information before sharing files
Notes with rich formatting including headings, checklists, tables, code and links
Integrated drawing and diagramming with Excalidraw editor
Screen recording that saves directly into notes
Video transcription with timestamps
AI-powered search across all notes and content
Built-in password manager with auto-fill
Video meetings for up to 6 people
Cloud backup with up to 90 days of history for Plus subscribers
Team Spaces with chat, polls and shared notes
AI agents that run on schedule with approval workflow
What makes it different
Works offline with no file uploads required
Search across screen memory for content that was never saved as files
Supports 100+ file types from documents to creative files to code
Unlimited private AI chat with your files
Completely free for core features with local-first architecture requiring no account
Replaces 10+ subscription apps in one unified desktop application
AI agents with approval workflow for safe automation
Integrated screen recording and transcription without external tools
Supports multiple operating systems with native desktop integration
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Barside