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Find and redact PII
from your documents.

Redecto scans PDFs for names, SSNs, addresses, phone numbers, and 187 other PII patterns. Everything runs on your machine. Your documents are never uploaded.

Redacted tax form showing black bars over SSN, name, address, and phone number
After Redecto
Terminal
$ |
100% Local
No Upload
No Account
No Signup
Works Offline

How It Works

1

Install

Download the desktop app for macOS, Windows, or Linux. No account. No sign-up.

Available when the desktop app launches
2

Drop

Drag a document into the terminal. Tax returns, medical records, legal contracts.

redecto ~/Documents/tax_return.pdf
3

Done

PII found, classified, and redacted. Review what was found. Verify it's clean.

27 PII items redacted. 0 remaining.

What Redecto Detects

187 patterns across 35 countries.

Critical

Government IDs

  • Social Security Numbers
  • EIN / Tax IDs
  • Passport Numbers
  • Driver's License
Critical

Financial

  • Credit Card Numbers
  • Bank Account / Routing
  • IBAN / SWIFT
  • Crypto Wallets
High

Personal

  • Names (all formats)
  • Addresses
  • Phone Numbers
  • Email Addresses
High

Medical & Legal

  • Medical Record Numbers
  • Date of Birth
  • IP Addresses
  • Biometric IDs

Don't see your form type? Train Redecto to recognize it.

Supported Documents

PDF Supported
Scanned PDF (OCR) Supported
Word (.docx) Coming Soon
Excel (.xlsx) Coming Soon
Images (JPG, PNG, TIFF) Coming Soon
Email (.eml, .msg) Coming Soon
CSV / Text Coming Soon
PowerPoint (.pptx) Coming Soon

How Your Data Is Handled

All processing happens on your machine.

Your Document
Redecto
on YOUR machine
Redacted Document

Redecto processes your documents entirely on your computer. PII detection runs offline — your documents never need an internet connection.

Get notified when the desktop app launches

We're rebuilding Redecto as a native desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Drag-and-drop simplicity, same 100% local privacy. Drop your email to be notified the moment it ships.

Already using the CLI? It will keep working on your machine. No new updates until the desktop app ships.