·0.83.0 → 0.86.1·11 releases
“Andrea”: twice as fast.
A database anonymized column by column: CSV, SQLite or SQL dump.
Pick a tone and a colour in the settings.
The AI connector can process only some categories, for example people.
A Word file with tracked changes can be pseudonymised.
Analysing a long document is twice as fast.
In “Rules only”, a company name repeated further down could stay readable.
In a Word or Excel file, a tracked change, a field or a link could keep a name.
A crash report sent from Windows could contain your account name.
A diagnostic you sent could name a client folder on a share or online.
In a Word file, the hidden text of an illustration or behind the page could keep a name.
3 fixes: Fixes: button colour, Norton alert, repeated download on macOS 13.
·0.81.1 → 0.82.0·3 releases
Word bookmarks no longer keep a name.
A photo or a scan becomes a text file, free, with no anonymisation.
In a Word file, a name written “BioTech” could stay in a bookmark.
1 fix: Fixes: internal links in Word files.
·0.81.0
A watermark you can read through.
·0.79.1 → 0.80.1·7 releases
Unreadable pages are flagged.
Anoni flags scanned or unreadable pages: on screen, in the report and to the AI.
The re-identification risk also spots what points to a company.
Word files with notes or comments can now be pseudonymised.
One person or company gets fewer different names.
The Windows installer is now signed.
In a Word file, a chart, a form field or a bookmark could keep a name.
A company split by a heading could come out under its real name.
In a redacted Word file, notes and comments stayed readable.
In a PDF whose words run together, a name or a date could stay readable.
Initials, a split name, an IP address or an email could stay readable.
A loan or contract number stayed readable.
Scrambled text could reach the AI in a decodable form.
In a Word file, a link or a path could keep an address or the Windows account.
Part of a name could stay readable, after “L’” or after a role.
The city of a home address could stay readable next to a court in that city.
The copied diagnostic could keep a file name.
Checking a multi-page TIFF read only the first page.
12 fixes: Fixes: words masked by mistake, Word conversion, stamped pages, long PDFs.
·0.78.1 → 0.79.0·7 releases
Drop, Review, Export.
Every document follows three steps: Drop, Review, Export.
Paste the AI’s reply at the Export step: your real details come back.
Anoni has a new look, dark theme included.
No more passphrase to type: to decode elsewhere, share the key.
In “Rules only”, a name, an address or an email with an accent could stay readable.
A redacted Excel workbook kept its tabs, headers and chart titles readable.
A signed PDF reopened from “Documents” could keep its signature readable.
A zone drawn by hand vanished on reopening, and what it covered stayed readable.
A first name added to the dictionary could leave the full name readable.
22 fixes: Fixes: updates on Windows, pseudonymized deeds, AI connector, display.
·0.64.4 → 0.78.0·23 releases
Fictitious company numbers, in the right format.
A company number can become a fictitious one, check digit included.
The re-identification risk shows what can be pieced together.
“Connect an AI” opens from ⌘K and from the result.
Choose the pseudonym style from the document bar.
Watermarking another document takes one click.
“Undo” on a group exclusion could bring back a detail you had hidden.
A watched folder could silently skip a file that was not a PDF, Word or text file.
A pseudonymized scan could go out with a value still readable.
After an incomplete analysis, Anoni could say “nothing found”, including to the AI.
A name embedded in an image reached the AI unmasked.
A company number next to an address, a misread PDF or a batch file went through unflagged.
A dictionary term or a click in the detections panel could leave a detail readable.
A file delivered by the AI connector or a batch could lose pages.
“Reset” or a Windows reinstall lost the register of watermarked copies.
73 fixes: Fixes: pseudonyms, balance sheets, AI connector, display.
·0.61.0 → 0.64.3·8 releases
One license, several devices.
A license covers several devices, and you free a seat from your account.
AI detection works on Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13.
After a crash, Anoni offers a report you read before anything is sent.
The interface was reworked: clearer, fewer clicks.
On a deed stamped by a registry, the registration number could stay readable.
A company number, a name or the file’s properties could stay readable.
A name you added by hand reached the AI unmasked.
A signature or a stamp could stay visible with no warning.
A diagnostic you sent could name one of your files.
Turning off “Report my launches” stopped only part of what was sent.
17 fixes: Fixes: long PDFs, words masked by mistake, journal errors, Linux updates.
·0.54.4 → 0.60.0·8 releases
Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Anoni.
Claude or ChatGPT read your documents through Anoni, without seeing the real data.
A PDF result shows your pages, each replacement in its place.
Each person gets their own name, matching “Mr” or “Mrs”.
Find a document by what is inside it.
Opening a file starts its analysis: one click fewer.
Photos and signatures reached the AI unmasked, and a photo could stay readable.
A name repeated further down without “Mrs” or “Mr” stayed readable.
When “Copy for AI” failed, the clipboard kept the original text.
The compliance register quoted the first line of your document.
20 fixes: Fixes: compliance register, “Copy for AI”, startup on Linux.
·0.52.0 → 0.54.3·6 releases
Your documents keep their layout.
Word, Excel, PDF and scans come back in their own format, tables and images included.
Decoding gives you a Word document, not just text.
Anoni now needs macOS 13.4 or later.
Anoni reports one launch a day, with no content: “Report my launches” turns it off.
An export that had replaced nothing was saved anyway.
A Word or Excel file kept its link addresses, or the names of its annotators.
On a slightly dense document, names stayed readable.
A signature circled by hand went out intact in a pseudonymized document.
10 fixes: Fixes: display, redaction in Word, shortcut on Linux.
·0.47.0 → 0.51.0·6 releases
The AI’s reply decodes in one click.
“Copy for AI” keeps the key: paste the reply and your real names come back.
Anoni opens your emails (.eml), attached message included.
EU VAT numbers are detected.
Updates install themselves when you quit Anoni.
In an English document, dates stayed readable.
Decoding could return a value nobody had written.
Reinstalling Anoni on Windows could erase your documents, cases and journal.
15 fixes: Fixes: updates, decoding, towns and postcodes, English interface.
·0.40.0 → 0.46.0·6 releases
Watermark a document before you send it.
Each watermarked copy can carry a code, so you know who received it.
A pseudonymized Word file comes back as Word, formatting included.
The journal records every anonymization.
Addresses and company names are detected better.
Anoni is easier to use with the keyboard and a screen reader.
A redacted Word or Excel file kept names in its properties, comments and links.
On a cropped PDF, the black bars landed beside the text.
A scanned page could go unread, and a long fax was not redacted on every page.
A name, a company, an address or a town could stay readable.
An analysis could be applied to the next document.
On Windows, reinstalling erased your cases, and resetting lost your keys.
24 fixes: Fixes: review, watched folders, Word conversion, stuck analyses.
·0.29.0 → 0.39.2·6 releases
Signatures, initials and stamps masked.
Signatures, initials and stamps are masked, and you can draw zones on a scan.
Export an anonymized PDF, and redact a PDF in one click.
A toolbar above the document: tool, zoom, pages, preview.
Anoni reads scans better: more personal data found, fewer false detections.
On a tilted scan, the black bar could land beside the name.
Unread lines of a scan stayed readable, and the final check said nothing.
A scan with no text, or an image or spreadsheet in a batch, was not redacted.
A black bar could leave its line, or blacken half a page.
A company name, an added identifier or the document’s name stayed readable.
An address could vanish instead of being masked.
22 fixes: Fixes: pseudonyms, reading scans, zoom, creating cases.
·0.21.0 → 0.28.0·4 releases
A name found once is masked everywhere.
“Open recent” in the menu bar, and ⌘[ to go back.
A name recognized once is masked throughout the document.
Addresses and organizations are detected better.
The home screen puts “Resume” and your recent documents first.
In the free version, exports carry an “anoni.dev” watermark.
1 fix: Fixes: starting a batch.
·0.19.3
More languages, from the home screen.
More languages, and a medical option, from the home screen.
At activation, the privacy promise now comes before we ask for your email.
3 fixes: Fixes: default mode, the “Anoni everywhere” shortcut, installing on Windows.
·0.19.0 → 0.19.1·2 releases
Detection in 24 European languages.
Anoni detects in 24 European languages, on top of French.
Detection built for medical documents.
A lighter app and a faster first launch.
2 fixes: Fixes: detection on Intel Macs, compatibility with your machine.
·0.17.1 → 0.18.2·3 releases
Images and Excel workbooks supported.
Images (JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF) and Excel workbooks are supported.
A preview of the result before you save.
The journal exports a record of processing activities as a PDF.
Watch several folders, each with its own activity.
2 fixes: Fixes: menu bar window, Pro activation.
·0.14.4 → 0.16.3·3 releases
Pseudonymize a whole case at once.
Cases (Pro): the same pseudonym from one document to the next.
Compliance report (Pro): a PDF to hand to a DPO or a lawyer.
A backup copy of the vault in your Documents.
5 fixes: Fixes: Word redaction, batch processing, vault, updates.
·0.8.5 → 0.14.0·6 releases
Anoni, from the menu bar.
“Anoni everywhere”: anonymize copied text from the menu bar.
Watched folders (Pro): whatever you drop in is redacted on its own.
Anoni is now on Linux, as .AppImage and .deb.
The app is signed by Apple and opens with a double-click.
Analysis is about 30% faster.
A license edited by hand could unlock the app.
2 fixes: Fixes: vault, reopening scans.
·0.7.15
Anoni is born: local anonymization, for AI.
Reversible pseudonyms: your data comes back in the AI’s reply.
Scanned PDFs are supported, fully offline.
An anonymization report (GDPR), made on your machine.
Several files at once, with an output folder.