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Ovillo documentation
Ovillo is a free, open-source Mac app for keeping a family's medical documents in one private place. These pages explain how to set it up, what every screen does, how it works inside, and how to help build it.
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Using Ovillo
Every screen, in the order you meet it.
How it works
What happens on your Mac, and what does not leave it.
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Run it from source, test it, translate it.
Ovillo in one minute
- Your files stay on your Mac. Ovillo copies what you give it into an encrypted vault that opens only with your passphrase. There is no account and nothing is sent to us.
- It reads them there. PDFs, photos of paper reports, scans and Word files are read on the computer, in English and Spanish.
- Every entry points at its page. The timeline, medicines and lab tables each cite the document they came from, and lab values are kept exactly as printed.
- Nothing changes silently. Routine entries are marked and can be undone. Anything unusual waits in Review with its reason.
- The assistant is optional. Connect your ChatGPT plan or your own API key to ask questions with sources and let it decide what waits. Without it, nothing from the record leaves your Mac.
Note. Ovillo is a notebook for your documents. It is not medical advice and not a medical device. Keep the original files, and check anything important with the care team.
Something unclear or out of date? Tell us on GitHub.