Local-first · Private · Open Source

# Your AI.
Your data.
Your machine.

Chat with your documents, emails, and scanned files — entirely on your own hardware. No API keys. No cloud. Nothing leaves your machine. Ever.

🍎 Download for Mac 🪟 Download for Windows
Or install from source:
$ git clone https://github.com/airblackbox/VaultMind && bash start.sh
Free · Open source · Apache 2.0 · No account required
Features

## Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

VaultMind combines document intelligence, vision AI, and agentic workflows — all running locally.

Core
📄

### Document RAG

Drop in PDFs, Word docs, CSVs, Markdown — and ask questions across all of them. Sources are cited in every answer.

New — Phase 1
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### VLM Vision Pipeline

Scanned PDFs, photos, forms, handwritten notes — Qwen2.5-VL reads them page by page. No OCR preprocessing needed.

New — Phase 3
🤖

### LAM Agent Mode

Ask VaultMind to "prepare for the Henderson deposition" — it plans, searches, creates documents, and stages emails for your review. Human-in-the-loop gate on all high-risk actions.

Core
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### Gmail + Notion Sync

OAuth into Gmail and index your inbox locally. Connect Notion and your workspace syncs automatically. Nothing hits the cloud.

Core
👁️

### Watch Folders

Point VaultMind at a folder. Any file dropped in — PDF, image, scanned doc — gets automatically indexed within seconds. Scanned files route to VLM automatically.

New
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### Tamper-Proof Audit Trail

Every agent action is logged with full reasoning chain, tool parameters, and result. Approve or reject staged actions. Full audit history at `/audit-log`.

Core
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### Privacy Dashboard

See exactly what's indexed, where it came from, and verify zero external data transmission. One-click deletion of any source.

Core
🌐

### Agent + Web Search

Toggle Agent mode to combine your private vault with live web search. Vault-first, web as fallback — your private data always takes priority.

Coming Soon
⚖️

### Law Firm Vertical

Conflict checks, matter management, deposition prep, time logging, and email drafting — all local, all privileged, all yours.

How It Works

## Three model layers. One private AI.

VaultMind routes every request to the right model automatically — vision, reasoning, or action.

1

### Drop Files or Connect Sources

Drag in PDFs, images, scanned docs, Obsidian vaults, or Apple Health exports. Connect Gmail and Notion. Point VaultMind at a watch folder — files are indexed automatically as they arrive.

2

### Model Router Decides

Every file is analyzed before indexing. Scanned PDFs and images go to the `VLM pipeline` (Qwen2.5-VL). Text documents go to the `SLM pipeline` (fast pypdf extraction). Action commands trigger `LAM agent mode`.

3

### Embedded Locally into ChromaDB

All extracted text is chunked, embedded with `nomic-embed-text`, and stored in a local ChromaDB vector database. Nothing is sent to any cloud service.

4

### Ask Anything

Your question is embedded, the most relevant chunks are retrieved, and the local LLM generates an answer with source citations. Streaming response, sub-second retrieval.

5

### Agent Mode — Multi-Step Actions

Switch to agent mode and VaultMind can plan and execute multi-step tasks: create documents, extract deadlines, draft emails for review, log time. Every action is audited. High-risk actions require your approval before executing.

Why VaultMind

## Your data stays yours.

| VaultMind | ChatGPT / Claude | PrivateGPT
--- | --- | --- | ---
100% local — no cloud | ✓ | ✗ | ✓
Scanned doc / image OCR via VLM | ✓ | ✓ | ✗
Gmail + Notion sync | ✓ | ✗ | ✗
Agentic task execution | ✓ | ✓ | ✗
Human-in-the-loop gate | ✓ | ✗ | ✗
Tamper-proof audit trail | ✓ | ✗ | ✗
No API key needed | ✓ | ✗ | ✓
One-command setup | ✓ | ✓ | ✗
Free and open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✓

## Your documents deserve a vault.

Free. Open source. Runs on your Mac or Linux machine in under 5 minutes.

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