Open Source • macOS • Windows • Linux

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.

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How It Works

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.

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Employee's AI Tools

Any AI agent, IDE plugin, or local LLM sends a query through Bufflehead on localhost.

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Bufflehead Gateway

Native Go binary powered by DuckDB. Routes AI queries to your data without anything leaving the machine.

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Your Company Data

Parquet files, local databases, S3, RDS — accessed securely via SSO/IAM with no SSH keys or passwords stored.

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01

Install the app

Download the native Bufflehead binary for your OS. It runs as a lightweight local service — no Docker, no infrastructure.

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Connect your data

Point Bufflehead at your Parquet files, databases, or AWS resources. Authenticate via your existing SSO — no new credentials needed.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Secure AWS Gateway

Connect to S3 and RDS through your existing SSO and IAM roles. No SSH keys or database passwords stored on disk. Your cloud data, accessed through your cloud security.

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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.

Quick Start
$ go install graphics.gd/cmd/gd@release
$ git clone github.com/kyleparisi/bufflehead
$ gd run ./cmd/viewer
Pricing

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.

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Team

For teams getting started with data + AI.

$10 / seat / month
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Enterprise

For organizations with custom needs.

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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

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Zero Latency

Process data locally without the round-trip overhead of cloud infrastructure.

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On-Device Privacy

Your sensitive data never leaves the machine. Full compliance with local security policies.

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Per-Seat, Not Per-Query

Predictable costs. Your team uses as much AI as they want without worrying about metered API bills.