Frequently asked questions

No. Your Markdown library lives on your machine in a folder you choose. The web console is for account, billing, and usage — not hosting your notes. Search embeddings and chat drafts use local SQLite under .rebel/ and a separate chat DB.

No. Sign in with your DeskMemory account once on desktop. Chat, Compress…, Save to vault…, and web search run through the API gateway — not BYOK on desktop.

On desktop you chat through your DeskMemory account and the API gateway. Choose Fast (everyday) or Research (deeper) mode. Vault files you select inject as full note bodies within limits (150,000 characters per file, 500,000 total per send). Usage is metered; see remaining messages in chat and on the web console.

One-time purchases of extra AI messages that never expire. They are consumed after your plan's monthly allowance when applicable — useful when you need a boost without changing tiers.

Free curated Markdown kits installed into DeskMemory-packs/ on your machine — coaches, reference guides, and output templates for areas like brand, marketing, writing, HR, and finance. Install from onboarding or Settings, then use Start in chat to attach the right notes automatically. They are not the same as message packs (paid AI top-ups).

Chat runs in the desktop app. The website handles marketing, sign-up, subscriptions, message packs, and usage visibility.

Prefix a query with ~ for semantic search powered by local embeddings on your machine. Without ~, hybrid ranking blends filename matches with embedding similarity. Results show explainable badges and you can tune Conservative / Balanced / Broad strictness in Settings.

Text-layer PDFs extract to Markdown through classified save — up to 20 pages per import. Scanned PDFs without a text layer are not supported; we do not claim OCR. Export uses Preview → Save PDF as… for real selectable-text output.

No. Free, Pro, and Elite tiers have finite monthly plan messages. Fast-style requests weigh less than Research-style in usage accounting. Limits and prices come from the database, not hard-coded in the app.

No. Plan and pack prices are shown excluding VAT. The VAT amount depends on your country and is added at checkout before you pay.

Open tabs and drafts persist in local SQLite on desktop until you close a tab or save the thread to the vault as a real .md note. Semantic search indexes vault Markdown — Save to vault is the bridge from conversation to memory.

We do not built-in cloud sync for your vault. Pair DeskMemory with Git, Syncthing, iCloud, or whatever stack you already trust.

When Top relevant matches surface the right files, multi-select them, confirm categories and tags, pick a role and output format, then compile to clipboard or add directly to chat — with vault context still attached.

DeskMemory is the product — a local-first vault for anyone who ships. rebelGlitch is the parent company focused on AI training for coders and a line of AI edge devices. Same rebel spirit: credentials matter less than what you ship.