Frequently asked questions

Memorandai is a desktop Knowledge Studio — a local-first application where you bring your AI conversations and reference material into one workspace, build a layered memory system over time, and work with multiple AI models on a visual Flows canvas. It inverts the typical AI relationship: instead of you visiting a different AI tool with bits of context each time, your knowledge stays on your machine and AI integrates directly with it.

ChatGPT keeps your conversations on its servers; Notion AI does the same with its own. Memorandai keeps everything on your filesystem. You bring your own API keys to whichever AI providers you want to use, and your queries go directly from your machine to those providers — Memorandai never sees them or proxies them. The result: AI works with your accumulated knowledge directly, and your knowledge isn't trapped in someone else's product.

Every conversation, memory, document, and keystone is a file on your filesystem. There's no cloud sync, no Memorandai-controlled server holding your data, no third-party storage. When you route a query to a cloud AI provider, the request goes directly from your machine to theirs — Memorandai is never in the path. You can browse, back up, port, or delete any of it using standard OS tools.

API keys are recommended for the full experience. With keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and/or xAI, you get cloud chat models, image generation, background processing (consolidation memos, identity work), and Roundtable synthesis. Without cloud keys, you can still run local GGUF models for chat — the app's built-in local inference engine handles that — but with a more limited feature set. Background tasks and some specialty features need cloud providers.

Local-only chat works fully offline (after the initial model download). Cloud sessions and background features (Dream Cycle, Daily Insight, keystone mining) require Internet and configured API keys. License activation happens once online — after that, the license check itself works offline.

Memorandai currently runs on Windows 11 and macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon or Intel). Linux isn't supported yet. The current focus is on getting the Windows + macOS experience right for the Founding Member alpha; Linux support may come later if there's demand.

Download the app and use it for 14 days at no cost — no credit card required to try. Test the full feature set with your own API keys (Memorandai never sees them or charges you for AI usage; you pay providers directly). At the end of the trial, you can purchase a Founding Member license to keep using the app, or uninstall — your data stays on your machine either way.

A perpetual license for Memorandai Knowledge Studio (Windows or macOS), 3 device activations managed via the customer portal, access to the Founding Member Discord with direct developer support during the Early Access phase, and free updates for the life of V1. One-time $49 — no subscription, no recurring fees. Price increases at the launch of V1.

We operate no servers that receive your data. All Memorandai data — conversations, memories, keystones, documents — lives on your filesystem. When you route a prompt to a cloud AI provider, it goes directly from your machine to that provider, governed by their terms. We never see your API keys, your queries, or your responses.

Your data stays where it always was: on your filesystem, in standard formats (JSON, Markdown). Uninstalling Memorandai removes the app, not your accumulated knowledge. You can back up, port, or delete any of it using standard OS tools — and Memorandai's Data Management view gives you a curated export path on top of that filesystem-level access.