Launch HN: Screenpipe (YC S26) Records Your Screen and Audio Locally to Give Agents Persistent Memory

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Screenpipe captures accessibility trees paired with screenshots on meaningful changes — app switches, typing pauses — rather than continuous video with per-frame OCR, transcribes audio locally via Whisper or Parakeet, and stores everything in SQLite, MP4 and Markdown behind an agent API on port 3030. The stack is Rust, MLX and ONNX. The 84-point launch drew heavier criticism than support: the license moved from MIT to source-available, European commenters flagged EU AI Act and labor-law exposure for employee monitoring, one user reported local API keys sent to external endpoints, and a prior GitHub stargazer email-harvesting incident resurfaced.