--- title: "openless vs screenpipe" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/open-less-openless-vs-screenpipe-screenpipe" tools: ["open-less-openless", "screenpipe-screenpipe"] --- # openless vs screenpipe *GraphCanon updated Aug 26, 2026* ## Verdict Pick openless if openless is a Rust-based open-source tool that offers AI-polished text output from voice input for users on macOS and Windows platforms; pick screenpipe if yC-backed project that focuses on local privacy-centric AI services for recording and analyzing user activities with multimodal techniques. [openless](https://github.com/appergb/openless) reports 2.9k GitHub stars, 252 forks, and 34 open issues, last pushed Jul 22, 2026. [screenpipe](https://screenpipe.com) has 21k stars, 2.1k forks, and 89 open issues, last pushed Aug 26, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [openless's repository](https://github.com/Open-Less/openless) and [screenpipe's repository](https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe). | | [openless](/tools/open-less-openless.md) | [screenpipe](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | AI-polished text from voice input for macOS and Windows | AI that records and analyzes everything you do, say, hear locally | | Stars | 2,881 | 21,227 | | Forks | 252 | 2,133 | | Open issues | 34 | 89 | | Language | Rust | Rust | | Adopt for | Openless is a Rust-based open-source tool that offers AI-polished text output from voice input for users on macOS and Windows platforms. | YC-backed project that focuses on local privacy-centric AI services for recording and analyzing user activities with multimodal techniques. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | MIT | Other | | Categories | Data & Retrieval, Speech & Audio | AI Agents, Computer Vision, Data & Retrieval, Inference & Serving, Speech & Audio | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [openless](/tools/open-less-openless.md) | [screenpipe](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Days since push | 6d | 0d | | Open issues (now) | 34 | 89 | | Stars delta | Unknown | +693 (30d) | | Open issues delta | Unknown | -14 (30d) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/open-less-openless/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: openless - **Adopt for:** Openless is a Rust-based open-source tool that offers AI-polished text output from voice input for users on macOS and Windows platforms. ## Decision facts: screenpipe - **Adopt for:** YC-backed project that focuses on local privacy-centric AI services for recording and analyzing user activities with multimodal techniques. ## Choose when ### Choose openless if… - License: openless is MIT, screenpipe is Other. - Tags unique to openless: ai-prompt, asr, dictation, linux. - You need an all-in-one solution for converting spoken words into polished written text across various applications without leaving the current app environment. ### Choose screenpipe if… - License: screenpipe is Other, openless is MIT. - Tags unique to screenpipe: agents, agi, ai-memory, audio-recording. - Also covers AI Agents, Computer Vision, Inference & Serving. - Need to monitor and analyze personal data locally with privacy in mind ## When NOT to use openless - You require extensive customization options for AI text polishing, as Openless offers limited user-tuning settings compared to some competitors. - Your operating system is Linux; while it's listed under topics, the tool is explicitly developed and supported for macOS and Windows only. ## When NOT to use screenpipe - Require cloud-based centralized AI services for user activity analysis - Looking for open-source tools as Screenpipe uses an unspecified license ## Common questions ### What is the difference between openless and screenpipe? openless: AI-polished text from voice input for macOS and Windows. screenpipe: AI that records and analyzes everything you do, say, hear locally. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose openless over screenpipe? Choose openless over screenpipe when License: openless is MIT, screenpipe is Other; Tags unique to openless: ai-prompt, asr, dictation, linux; You need an all-in-one solution for converting spoken words into polished written text across various applications without leaving the current app environment. ### When should I choose screenpipe over openless? Choose screenpipe over openless when License: screenpipe is Other, openless is MIT; Tags unique to screenpipe: agents, agi, ai-memory, audio-recording; Also covers AI Agents, Computer Vision, Inference & Serving; Need to monitor and analyze personal data locally with privacy in mind. ### When should I avoid openless? You require extensive customization options for AI text polishing, as Openless offers limited user-tuning settings compared to some competitors. Your operating system is Linux; while it's listed under topics, the tool is explicitly developed and supported for macOS and Windows only. ### When should I avoid screenpipe? Require cloud-based centralized AI services for user activity analysis Looking for open-source tools as Screenpipe uses an unspecified license ### Is openless or screenpipe more popular on GitHub? screenpipe has more GitHub stars (21,227 vs 2,881). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are openless and screenpipe open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (openless: MIT, screenpipe: Other). ### Where can I find alternatives to openless or screenpipe? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [openless alternatives](/tools/open-less-openless/alternatives) and [screenpipe alternatives](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe/alternatives) ([openless markdown twin](/tools/open-less-openless/alternatives.md), [screenpipe markdown twin](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/open-less-openless-vs-screenpipe-screenpipe.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, openless or screenpipe? openless: Very active. screenpipe: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for openless and screenpipe? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [openless trust report](/tools/open-less-openless/trust); [screenpipe trust report](/tools/screenpipe-screenpipe/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=open-less-openless`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=open-less-openless) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_