Local operation

Termyte has no hosted account, hosted sync, or enabled-by-default telemetry. Its durable state lives in local files.

Path	Contents
`~/.termyte/config.json`	Selected agents and processing mode
`~/.termyte/termyte.db`	Captured work, tasks, memories, jobs, and feedback
Adjacent `-wal` and `-shm` files	SQLite write-ahead log state while the database is open

TERMYTE_HOME changes the Termyte home directory. TERMYTE_DB overrides only the database path.

Network activity

Local storage does not mean every operation stays offline.

A local embedding model may be downloaded the first time it is used.
Memory processing can send redacted, trace-derived content through the Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode CLI selected during setup. Each runs as a separate non-interactive background invocation.
API mode sends that content to the configured OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Capture-only mode stores events without configuring a memory-processing provider. It does not send captured work to a synthesis provider.

Moving the database

Termyte does not provide an export command. Stop agents and workers before copying the database and its active WAL state with your normal backup tools.