Hi Product Hunt! Maker here. I built Cloaksmith because I kept wanting AI's help with my own tax returns and bank statements, but pasting them into a chatbot means handing a stranger's server my name, address, and account numbers. Cloaksmith fixes that on your Mac: drop in a PDF, Word doc, or scan, and a small AI model running entirely on your machine finds the personal details. You review what it found, un-hide anything that should stay, and it saves a clean copy that is safe to share. The redaction is real: the text and pixels are actually removed, not covered with a black box someone can copy the text out from under. You can even swap details for realistic stand-ins so the AI's answer still reads naturally. Nothing is uploaded, ever. No account, no subscription. Your first 5 documents are free, then it is $39 once. Honest limits: it needs an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer) on macOS 15+, and no tool catches 100% of everything, which is exactly why the review step exists. I would love your feedback, especially on what it misses on your documents. Ask me anything!

Cloaksmith

Redact personal info from documents before AI sees them

Redact personal info from documents before AI sees them