Data Ownership

Your research, your rules.
Forever.

Unlike other AI tools, ProductOS stores everything as plain Markdown files on your machine. No proprietary databases. No cloud subscriptions that can disappear. No vendor lock-in. Your research is human-readable, Git-friendly, and fully portable.

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Local Storage Only All files live on your filesystem — projects, chats, notes, and configs
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AES-256-GCM Encryption API keys encrypted at rest. No credentials ever leave your machine in plaintext
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Plain Markdown Format Open any file in VS Code, Obsidian, or any text editor. No lock-in whatsoever
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Git-Ready Version control your research. Share with teammates via any Git host
~/research/Q1-competitive-analysis/ 
📁 Q1-competitive-analysis/
  📁 .metadata/
    📄 project.json
    📄 settings.json
  📄 chat-001.md       ← auto-saved AI chat
  📄 competitor-a.md  ← research notes
  📄 competitor-b.md
  📄 final-report.md  ← your output
  📁 workflows/
    📄 analysis.json  ← reusable workflow