Memos

A project to index everything to make it like another memory. The project contains two parts:

1. screen recorder: which will take screenshots every 5 seconds and save it at ~/tmp by default.
2. memos server: a web service which can index the screenshots and other files, and provide a web interface to search the records.

There is a product called Rewind which is similar to memos. But memos try to make all the data controlled by yourself.

Install

Install Typesense

export TYPESENSE_API_KEY=xyz

mkdir "$(pwd)"/typesense-data

docker run -d -p 8108:8108 \
    -v"$(pwd)"/typesense-data:/data typesense/typesense:27.0 \
    --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
    --data-dir /data \
    --api-key=$TYPESENSE_API_KEY \
    --enable-cors

Install Memos

pip install memos

How to use

To use memos, you need to initialize it first. Make sure you have started typesense.

1. Initialize Memos

memos init

This will create a folder ~/.memos and put the config file there.

2. Start Screen Recorder

memos-record

This will start a screen recorder, which will take screenshots every 5 seconds and save it at ~/.memos/screenshots by default.

3. Start Memos Server

memos serve

This will start a web server, and you can access the web interface at http://localhost:8080.

Index the screenshots

memos scan
memos index

Refresh the page, and do some search.