How I'm using two different AI tools to approximate what Rewind used to do.

Reddit r/artificial / 5/6/2026

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The article explains that Rewind previously handled two distinct jobs: passive screen capture for future recall and retrieval to surface stored context later.
The author uses Mem.ai for intentional note-based memory, noting it doesn’t capture the screen or ambient context.
For passive capture, they use Screenpipe, which is self-hosted and local, provides strong search, but still requires manual follow-up to act on what’s found.
To generate on-demand context and execute cross-app tasks, the author uses Invoko, which reads the current screen but can’t “go backwards” to earlier moments.
They conclude they still lack a single tool that both passively captures and makes captured context easy to act on, asking what other people are using to fill that gap.

The Rewind replacement question is more complicated than it looked at first.

Rewind was quietly doing two separate things. Passive capture, so it caught things before you knew you'd need them. And retrieval, so you could surface any of it later. When it died both problems needed separate answers and the tools that exist are mostly built for one or the other.

Mem.ai I used for a few months. Good at connecting notes you deliberately put in. Doesn't see the screen, doesn't capture ambient context. Smart memory for intentional inputs.

Screenpipe for passive capture. Self-hosted, genuinely local, search works. The retrieval is functional but acting on what you find is still manual. It's a very good archive.

Invoko for on-demand context and execution. Reads current screen, runs cross-app tasks. Fast for what's visible. Can't go backwards.

Fabric I tried more recently. Ingests from a lot of sources and makes connections across them. Interesting approach to the retrieval problem. Doesn't fully replace the ambient capture.

What I don't have: something that catches things passively and makes them easy to act on. Screenpipe gets you halfway. The second half is still a gap. What are people using?

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