Hey everyone, A few weeks ago I shared the CLI version of my project, ArcRift, on Reddit. After listening to your feedback—specifically the requests to remove heavy Docker dependencies and make it easier to install—I have just released the v1.6.1 Desktop App. If you regularly use LLMs for coding or research, you know the frustration of “amnesia.” Every time you open a new chat, you have to painstakingly copy and paste your project structure and previous context just to get the AI up to speed. ArcRift is a 100% offline, local-first RAG and memory layer. It bridges the gap between your AI web chats (like Claude and ChatGPT) and your local tools (like Cursor or Claude Code) using a unified local database. I wanted something lightweight that did not require pulling Docker containers or subscribing to third-party memory APIs. It now runs as a native Tauri desktop app in your system tray, powered completely by local Ollama instances and a local SQLite database. We just launched a live website that outlines the details and demonstrates the features in action: Website: https://arcrift.vercel.app/ Codebase: https://github.com/Eshaan-Nair/ArcRift How it works & Core Features: Seamless Integration: The Chrome extension silently intercepts your prompts, surgically retrieves exactly the sentences relevant to your question from your database, and injects them before the prompt is sent to the LLM. Hybrid Search Retrieval: Uses sqlite-vec (with nomic-embed-text locally) + FTS5 keyword prefix matching to instantly find your past context. Knowledge Graph Extraction: An offline task queue uses a local LLM to extract entity relationships from your chats, mapping out a graph of your projects over time. Direct Codebase Indexing: The new Desktop App allows ArcRift to scan and index your actual project files into the graph, bridging the gap between your chat memory and your actual code architecture. Total Privacy (PII Redaction): The extension aggressively scrubs JWTs, API keys, emails, and IPs before data is even saved to your local disk. The extension works natively with Claude.ai , ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, and Mistral. If you save a conversation in ChatGPT today, you can instantly recall that exact context in Claude tomorrow. ArcRift is completely open-source (MIT). You can download the new .exe installer directly from the GitHub releases page. If you find this useful for your daily workflow, PRs are very welcome, and a star on GitHub helps the project get discovered! submitted by /u/Better-Platypus-3420
Originally posted by u/Better-Platypus-3420 on r/ArtificialInteligence