Open Source — Everything Stays on Your Device

Remove Sensitive Data
from Any Document.

MaskBase finds personal data in your PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, and photos — entirely on your Mac. You review every detection, then export clean copies you can share with anyone: a freelancer, a partner, ChatGPT, or Claude.

Open Source (MIT)100% Local ProcessingZero TelemetryYou Review Every Redaction
Data Sanitization

Redact First. Share Freely.

MaskBase strips patient names, MRNs, provider identities, and dates while preserving the clinical context — so the redacted report is still useful to whoever you share it with.

Exposed Data

UNSAFE

Lab result report

Laboratory Report — Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

Patient Maria Gonzalez (DOB 04/12/1971, MRN 00847293). Ordered by Dr. James Okafor at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center. Collected Feb 3, 2026.

Glucose: 214 mg/dL [H]

Creatinine: 2.1 mg/dL [H]

eGFR: 34 mL/min [L]

Potassium: 5.2 mEq/L [H]

CO2: 19 mEq/L [L]

HbA1c: 9.2% [H]

Sanitized

SAFE

Ready to Share

Laboratory Report — Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

Patient [PATIENT_NAME] (DOB [DOB], MRN [MRN]). Ordered by [PHYSICIAN] at [FACILITY]. Collected [DATE].

Glucose: 214 mg/dL [H]

Creatinine: 2.1 mg/dL [H]

eGFR: 34 mL/min [L]

Potassium: 5.2 mEq/L [H]

CO2: 19 mEq/L [L]

HbA1c: 9.2% [H]

Example: Ask an AI About the Redacted Report

Clinically useful output — zero patient data exposed

Ask the model

Which values are outside the normal range, and what could they indicate?

Useful output

Five values are flagged: Glucose (214 mg/dL) and HbA1c (9.2%) are significantly elevated, pointing to poor glycemic control. Creatinine (2.1 mg/dL) is high while eGFR (34 mL/min) is critically low, suggesting reduced kidney function. Low CO2 (19 mEq/L) alongside elevated potassium may indicate early metabolic acidosis. These results warrant prompt clinical review.

Product Demo

See It in Action

Watch MaskBase scan a document, walk you through the detections, and export a clean copy

MaskBase — Running Locally on Your Mac
The Problem

Sharing Documents Shouldn't Mean Sharing Secrets

Every document you send out — to an AI tool, a contractor, or a partner — can expose personal data

Feeding Documents to AI?

Contracts, reports, and datasets you hand to ChatGPT or Claude are full of names, IDs, and figures that shouldn't leave your machine.

Real-world risks without proper safeguards

Outsourcing Work?

Freelancers, agencies, and partners need your documents' content — not your clients' identities.

Real-world risks without proper safeguards

Manual Redaction?

Scrubbing PDFs, spreadsheets, and scans by hand takes hours — and one missed name is all it takes.

Real-world risks without proper safeguards
How It Works

Scan. Review. Export.

Three steps from sensitive documents to clean, shareable copies

01

Add Documents

Batch & Local

Drop in PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets — even photos or scans of documents. OCR reads them on-device. Nothing is uploaded.

02

Review Detections

You're in the Loop

A local language model highlights names, IDs, and other personal data in every file. You approve each one, fix false positives, and add anything it missed.

03

Export Clean Copies

Share Anywhere

Save the redacted files wherever you want and share them with anyone — a freelancer, a partner, or an AI tool. The originals never leave your Mac.

Your original documents never leave your device at any step
Features

Built for Trust & Control

A privacy tool should have nothing to hide — so this one is open source

Trust

Open Source (MIT)

The full source code is on GitHub. Anyone can audit exactly what the app does with your data — a privacy tool you don't have to take on faith.

Privacy

100% Local, Zero Telemetry

Detection runs on-device with a small language model. No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting — the code contains zero calls to any vendor server.

Control

Human-in-the-Loop Review

No detector is perfect, so nothing is final until you say so. Review every file, toggle false positives off, and mark anything the model missed.

Formats

OCR for Photos & Scans

Snap a photo of a document or drop in a scanned PDF — on-device OCR reads the text and finds the personal data inside it.

Workflow

Batch Processing

Redact a whole folder in one pass: PDF, DOCX, CSV, XLSX, and images. Review each file, then export all the clean copies at once.

Flexibility

Choose Your Model

Ships with a multilingual PII model (GLiNER), with custom entity types on the fly. Swap in any Hugging Face model — or run pattern matching only.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about MaskBase.

MaskBase

Open Source. On Your Device.
Free Forever.

MaskBase is free and MIT-licensed. No accounts, no license keys, no telemetry — just download it and start redacting.

GDPR Compliant
Local Processing
MIT License
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