How does the iDBQuery desktop app query data offline and keep it local?
The iDBQuery Desktop app runs on your machine and queries your data locally, so files and database contents never leave your device. For the strictest needs, an air-gapped deployment runs the entire system — including the language model — inside your walls, with no external connection required to ask questions and get cited answers.
For sensitive data, the safest architecture is one where nothing leaves your control, and iDBQuery offers exactly that.
- Desktop app. It runs locally and queries your data in place on your own machine, so a spreadsheet or a local database is analysed without uploading it anywhere.
- Air-gapped deployment. Where regulations or policy require zero external connectivity, iDBQuery can be deployed fully air-gapped, with the language model and all processing hosted inside your environment — questions and answers never touch the internet.
- Same experience, local footprint. You still ask in plain language and get cited, verifiable answers; only the data boundary changes.
This is a real differentiator versus cloud-only "chat with your data" tools that require sending your data out to be analysed. iDBQuery's deploy-anywhere model — cloud, your own VPC, Desktop, air-gapped, or embedded via the SDK — lets you match the deployment to your risk tolerance. For teams that simply cannot let data leave the building, the Desktop and air-gapped options mean they can still get fast, cited answers without compromising on data control.
Updated 2026-06-22