Empower your team with data & AI.
Bufflehead is a native desktop gateway that connects your employees' AI tools to your company's data — locally, privately, without shipping anything to the cloud.
100% local execution.
Your data never leaves the building. Bufflehead runs as a native service on each workstation, bridging AI tools with on-prem data sources.
Employee's AI Tools
Any AI agent, IDE plugin, or local LLM sends a query through Bufflehead on localhost.
Bufflehead Gateway
Native Go binary powered by DuckDB. Routes AI queries to your data without anything leaving the machine.
Your Company Data
Files, object storage, and databases — accessed securely with no SSH keys or passwords stored.
Connect to the data you already have.
Point Bufflehead at local files, cloud object storage, or your databases — including private instances reached over an AWS SSM tunnel with your existing IAM roles.
Local Files
Query Parquet, CSV, SQLite, and other files straight from disk — nothing leaves the machine.
Amazon S3
Read objects and datasets directly from your S3 buckets using your existing IAM credentials.
Postgres
Connect straight to any reachable PostgreSQL database and query it live.
Postgres + AWS SSM
Reach a private Postgres instance through an AWS SSM tunnel — no bastion hosts, no SSH keys.
Native on every desktop.
One native binary per platform — no Electron, no JVM, no Docker. Install it wherever your team works.
macOS
Apple Silicon & Intel
Windows
x64
Linux
x64 & ARM
Install the app
Download the native Bufflehead binary for your OS. It runs as a lightweight local service — no Docker, no infrastructure.
Connect your data
Point Bufflehead at your local files, a Postgres database, or a private Postgres instance over AWS SSM. Authenticate via your existing IAM roles — no new credentials needed.
Query with AI
Your AI tools now have a secure local bridge to your data. Ask questions in natural language, run SQL, explore schemas — all on-device.
Teams are putting their data to work.
Debugging became a conversation.
“When something broke, we used to lose hours digging through files and logs. Now we open Bufflehead, connect the AI, and just ask — what failed, why did it do that? It answers like it’s looking right at the data. Debugging went from a chore to a conversation. Everyone here uses it.”
Reports in minutes, not threads.
“Bufflehead has made our data feel genuinely within reach. Instead of chasing down answers through support tickets and long email threads, I can look into our accounts myself and have a clear, polished report ready to share in minutes. It fit into our routine so naturally that it’s easy to forget it’s only been a few months. It’s one of those rare tools that quietly makes everything around it run smoother.”
Zero-Cloud Architecture
There is no Bufflehead cloud. Your data is processed entirely on-device using a native binary. No telemetry, no external servers, no data egress. Privacy by architecture, not by policy.
Native Performance
Built with Go and DuckDB for blazing-fast analytical queries. Runs natively on Apple Silicon, x64 Windows, and Linux — no Electron, no JVM.
Built-in Data Workbench
Schema inspector, virtual-scrolled data grid, SQL editor, and Parquet metadata viewer — everything your team needs to explore and understand your data.
Flexible Connections
Query local files and S3, connect straight to Postgres, or reach a private Postgres instance through an AWS SSM tunnel using your existing IAM roles. No SSH keys or database passwords stored on disk.
Open Source Core
Bufflehead's core is open source on GitHub. Inspect the code, audit the security, contribute features. Enterprise features and support are available with a commercial license.
Simple per-seat pricing.
Pay for the seats you use. Scale up or down as your team grows. No infrastructure costs — it runs on hardware you already have.
Community
For individuals and evaluation.
- check Open source core
- check Local files & Postgres connections
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- check Runs on macOS, Windows & Linux
Team
For teams getting started with data + AI.
- check Everything in Community
- check Postgres + AWS SSM connections
- check IAM-based authentication
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Enterprise
For organizations with custom needs.
- check Everything in Team
- check Volume discounts
- check Custom data connectors
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See Bufflehead in action.
Book a 30-minute demo. We'll show you how Bufflehead connects your team's AI tools to your data — without changing your security posture.
Why teams choose Bufflehead
Zero Latency
Process data locally without the round-trip overhead of cloud infrastructure.
On-Device Privacy
Your sensitive data never leaves the machine. Full compliance with local security policies.
Per-Seat, Not Per-Query
Predictable costs. Your team uses as much AI as they want without worrying about metered API bills.