1
Download the GLiNER model
One-time download, ~634 MB. The browser does the download — Windows Defender treats it like any normal file.
Opens the release asset in your default browser.
2
Install the downloaded ZIP
Once the browser finishes saving gliner-pii-base-v1.0.zip, click below — PII Shield finds it in your Downloads folder, validates it, and unpacks it into ~/.pii_shield/models/.
Click after the download completes.
3
Ready
When NER reports ready, anonymization continues automatically. You can also re-check manually.
Couldn't find the ZIP? Other ways to install
-
Marker fallback — drop a small text file named
.pii_shield_model_herein the same folder as the downloaded ZIP, then click Install downloaded ZIP again. PII Shield will scan your filesystem for the marker. - Configure folder — Claude Desktop → Settings → Extensions → PII Shield → Model Downloads Folder. Point at the folder where your browser saves files, then click Install.
- Terminal one-liner (advanced) — see the README's Install model section for the PowerShell / bash one-liner that downloads and installs in one step.