ThreadsVault Desktop

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A local vault for your Threads posts. No cloud. No tracking. No account needed.

ThreadsVault Desktop is the desktop version of ThreadsVault for Android. The idea is simple: paste a Threads post URL, it gets extracted and saved locally — and it's yours. Close the app and reopen it whenever you want: the text and images of your saved posts will still be there.

You can organize posts into categories, the app indexes post hashtags, and you can attach personal notes when saving — making your vault easy to search without depending solely on Threads' built-in Saved feature 🗄🧵

Screenshots

Empty vault Main screen on first launch	Categories Create and organize with color and icon	Privacy & settings Backup, privacy, keyboard shortcuts
Vault with posts (new light mode since v2.1.0) Home screen with light mode and saved posts	Categories Category view in light mode	Privacy and Settings Light mode

Key features

• Save posts by URL — paste a Threads link and hit save. Title, author, text and images are extracted automatically.
• Local storage — SQLite on desktop (via Tauri), IndexedDB in browser. Nothing leaves your device.
• Categories — organize your posts into custom categories. Uncategorized posts go to a default inbox.
• Backup & restore — export your entire vault as JSON and import it whenever you want. On import, the app shows progress and confirms how many posts and categories were restored.
• Media cache & built-in player — images are cached locally as data URLs; videos are downloaded and stored offline, playable directly inside the app with an option to download them.
• Personal notes — add, edit or delete notes on any saved post directly from its detail screen.
• Keyboard shortcuts — navigate and search without a mouse: Esc go back, Ctrl+N add, / or Ctrl+F search, ← → navigate between posts.
• ES/EN internationalization — the UI language is resolved automatically at startup from your OS locale. No configuration needed. Spanish and English fully supported across all screens.
• No telemetry — no analytics, no error reporting, no external requests beyond post extraction. Everything runs 100% locally: not even the developer has access to your data.

Installation

Windows

Download the installer from Releases and run it:

Installs to %LocalAppData%\threadsvault-desktop and creates a Start Menu shortcut.

Linux

Multiple formats available in Releases:

Note: If the AppImage doesn't launch on Ubuntu 22.04+, run sudo apt install libfuse2.

How it works

1. Copy the URL of a Threads post (e.g. https://www.threads.net/@user/post/abc123)
2. Open the app → click the +Add button in the top right corner.
3. Paste the URL and click Save, optionally adding notes.
4. The app extracts the post content using a two-step system: Jina Reader is the primary method, with a direct fallback to Threads' embedded React state when Jina is unavailable or rate-limited.
5. If the URL is part of a thread, the app automatically detects and extracts all posts in the sequence — no need to save them one by one (v2.2.0 update feature)
6. The post (or thread) is saved locally. Done.

Privacy

• All data is stored in a local SQLite database (%AppData%\threadsvault-desktop on Windows, ~/.local/share/threadsvault-desktop on Linux)
• External requests are limited to r.jina.ai (primary source) and threads.net (alternative when Jina is unavailable).
• No usage data, no error reporting, no telemetry of any kind

Known limitations

• Threads only — designed specifically for Threads posts; other URLs may not extract correctly
• Extraction reliability — occasionally a post may not extract perfectly on the first attempt. If text formatting or images look off, use the Refresh button to re-extract.
• macOS not supported — requires an Apple Developer account ($99/year) for notarization; not planned for v2.x
• Backup compatibility — importing backups from ThreadsVault for Android into ThreadsVault-desktop works seamlessly (Android → Desktop ✅). The reverse direction (Desktop → Android) is not yet supported and will be addressed in a future version.

Build from source

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 20+
• Rust (stable toolchain)
• On Linux: libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, libgtk-3-dev, librsvg2-dev, libayatana-appindicator3-dev, patchelf (sudo apt install ...)

  git clone https://github.com/D4vRAM369/threadsvault-desktop
  cd threadsvault-desktop
  npm install
  npm run tauri build
  

The compiled binary will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

For development with hot-reload:

npm run tauri dev

Browser-only mode (no Tauri, uses IndexedDB instead of SQLite):

npm run dev

Tech stack

Development approach

Built through PBL (Project-Based Learning) — documented with learning artifacts for personal use and study sessions.

Developed primarily with assistance from Claude Code and to a lesser extent ChatGPT-5.3-Codex.

License

GPL-3.0 — same as ThreadsVault for Android.