> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.termyte.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Local operation

> What Termyte keeps on your machine and when network calls can happen.

# 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.