What goes wrong
Security and legal ask where the documents live. Hosted knowledge bases answer with a vendor region and a contract. Home-grown stacks answer with “we'll secure the database later.” Neither feels like a desktop tool you can install, index a folder, and demonstrate local control in a review.
Why it matters
You need a credible local-first story: what is ingested, what stays active, when the store is rebuilt, and which features call out to the network. Optional web search or outside AI must be explicit — not silent.
What good looks like
A Windows desktop app that indexes on this machine, serves search and assistants locally, and documents opt-in network features clearly for compliance conversations.
How Aura Terran helps
Aura Terran keeps documents on your machine for indexing. You control folders, namespaces, and when the store is rebuilt — without a Halo Softworks hosted knowledge-base service.
- Chunking, embeddings, and storage stay under your app data folder
- Web search, outside AI, and extra tools are opt-in only
- Free tier to evaluate one private knowledge base; upgrade for more namespaces
Try Aura Terran
Give AI your project docs without uploading them to the cloud. Index a folder on Windows and search in minutes.
Windows installer — the .exe will not run on Mac, Linux, phones, or tablets. Open the download on a Windows PC.
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