
screenpipe
Screen recording and AI agent integration tool
Real, but not yet worth your team's attention.
Teams with AI and computer vision needs
Manual screen recording and annotation
Unclear custom license may limit commercial use
Review the LICENSE file to understand usage terms
Custom / check the LICENSE file. GitHub could not identify a standard licence for this repository, which usually means a custom or source-available one. Read the LICENSE file before you build on it.
This is a reading of the licence label, not legal advice.
The numbers
Maintainers describe it as: “YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents (Claude, Codex, Openclaw, Hermes, Runner...)”
screenpipe, in short
- Should a small team use screenpipe?
- Watch. Real, but not yet worth your team's attention. Teams with AI and computer vision needs
- What does screenpipe actually do?
- Screen recording and AI agent integration tool
- What does screenpipe replace?
- Manual screen recording and annotation
- What is the downside of screenpipe?
- Unclear custom license may limit commercial use
- Can screenpipe be used in a commercial product?
- Its licence is Custom / check the LICENSE file, which carries obligations or restrictions for commercial use. Read the LICENSE file, and get a lawyer's read before you ship it inside a product you sell.
Weighed against
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