Capture
Sees the shape of your work
The tab you stayed on, the file you edited, the message that pulled you out. Quiet, in the background, with nothing to create, tag or start.
How Recall works
Recall brings you back to the work.
Recall follows the work on your screen, groups it into threads and projects, and brings you back to where you were after a break or an interruption.
The mechanism
Four quiet moves, start to finish.
No timers, no streaks, nothing to manage. Recall runs in the background and holds the thread for you. Recall Core, our own model, runs entirely on your Mac.
Understand
Your work becomes threads and projects
Related tabs, files and chats become one named thread, filed under a project Recall finds from the work itself: a repo, a document, a site.
Hold
Holds the thread while you are away
Lunch, a Slack reply, a quick errand. Leave one line with and Recall keeps the thread, your note and what you had open.
Return
One click back to where you were
Not a list of recent apps. The tab, the workspace, the Claude Code or Codex chat you had open, listed and ticked. Nothing opens until you say so.
The menu bar
Your day, one click away.
Click the Recall icon in the menu bar and you see your day: your active time, what is waiting on you, and what you worked on. The icon itself never changes.
- Active time
- How long you actually worked. Time away from your Mac never counts.
- Waiting on you
- One line, led by the most urgent thing, such as an agent blocked on your approval.
- Now
- The thread you are in. Click it to leave a note.
- Worked on
- Today's threads, newest first. Hover one for Resume.
- Earlier days
- ‹ steps back, up to six days. The tray always opens on today.
- Recall is on
- Pause for 15 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, the rest of the day, or until you resume.
Today
Your day as a timeline, one lane per project.
Open Recall and the first tab is Today: what you worked on and when, the thread to return to, and what you owe people. Below it, today's work by project, with breaks kept apart.
- Project lanes
- One lane per project, with its time today. Click a block to open its thread.
- Return to
- The thread you most likely want back, with its open question.
- Owed
- What people asked you for and what you promised, with how long ago.
- Today's work
- Tasks by project, Active or Done. Tick one when it is finished.
- Breaks
- Shown apart from your work time, so you can see where the day went.
Notes
Leave yourself one line.
When something pulls you away, press from anywhere and type where you stopped and what's next. Smart Return shows your note first when you come back.
Done archives a note. It is never lost. How notes work
Loops
Everything still open, in lists.
Loops is a page of lists, like Reminders: people waiting on you, coding agents, your notes, and one list per project. It is strict about unfinished work, and its counts are people, agents and your notes, never guesses.
What people asked you for in Slack, Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp or Mail, and what you promised.
What people asked you for in Slack, Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp or Mail, and what you promised.
Projects and threads
Recall files the work for you.
Projects come from the work itself: a repo, a document, a site, the people you talk to about it. They get the names people would use, and you can rename, merge or archive any of them.
The thread page
Every thread keeps its own page.
What was done, your note, the windows it had open and the one you were last on. Return to session shows what will reopen before anything does.
Move to project
One picker, and Recall learns from it.
Move to project works on anything: a task, a thread, a note, a request from a chat, an agent session. Recall learns from every move, and a name you give a project stays.
Quiet by default
It speaks up in three cases.
Each one is the same small card at the bottom right, and nothing pops up over a Smart Return that is already open.
Settings → Nudges has three switches: Drift reminder, Smart Return (after a break) and Breadcrumb prompt (the Leave a note? pill). How nudges work
When you want it, three shortcuts.
They work from anywhere. Change them in Settings → Shortcuts.
- Smart ReturnThe thread you left and what is waiting on you.
- Leave a noteOn the thread you are in, or on a project.
- Start a projectThe launcher with your learned project setups.
What Recall keeps
Structured context, not a recording.
Recall looks at your screen about every 15 seconds. A local AI describes what is there, then the image is discarded. What it keeps stays in a folder on your Mac.
What it keeps
- Short descriptions of what was on screen
- App names and window titles
- Active time. Time away from your Mac never counts
- Your corrections and moves, so they stick
- Notes you leave with
What it never keeps
- Anything while Recall is paused, your screen is locked or you are away
- Apps you exclude in Settings → Excluded apps
- Content that looks private, such as adult or dating content
- DM and email body content, except the tasks from your chats
- Microphone, camera, keystrokes and clipboard: never used
Usage analytics and crash reports are on by default. Analytics say which screens and features get used, and neither ever carries anything from your screen. One switch in Settings → Privacy turns both off. Read the privacy guide
Community
Where Recall gets shaped.
The subreddit is public: anyone can read and search it. The Telegram group is smaller, and the people in it see builds before they ship.
Power-user group on Telegram
A smaller group we build with directly. Tell us what broke, what you wish it did, and what you want to try first.
GeneralContext switching casesFeedback and ideasBugs and rough edgesFocus, ADHD and work patternsNew builds and experiments
Join the group r/joinrecall on Reddit
The open room. Ask questions, report bugs, request features, and read how other people got their focus back. Nothing behind a login.
Open the subredditGet back to the work, not the app.
Recall runs quietly while you work and brings you back to the exact thread when focus breaks.
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