Feature Request: Offline Mode

[gadelkareem]

I am unable to use the application offline, as it continues to attempt connections to external services. Is there a way to disable all calls to the public internet? It should still be able to connect to localhost and the private network for local AI models.

[louis030195]

@gadelkareem you can disable telemetry and it won't use internet

we only use internet to download AI models originally then

[gadelkareem]

telemetry and analytics sharing are both disabled

[louis030195]

can you share which external services you are referring to?

[gadelkareem]

Thank you @louis030195 for your follow-up. Both the app and the embedded com-apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc process is making numerous connections to screenpi.pe, so I've had to manually block it using my firewall. However, this unfortunately causes all the plugins to stop working, as you can see in the screenshots.
Version screenpipe_0.30.10_aarch64.dmg

[louis030195]

thank you for the clarification

if you run the CLI without the desktop app the plugins will work but the desktop app indeed is more reliant on update checks

would love any contribution or idea to make the app itself more offline-friendly

[gadelkareem]

Thanks, @louis030195. Let me know if I need to submit a feature request, or if this discussion is sufficient.

[louis030195]

you can create an issue with details / what would be great experience for example