| CPU | Modern 4-core — Apple Silicon (M1+), Intel i5 8th-gen+, or Ryzen 5 | 8-core — Apple Silicon (M-Pro/Max), Intel i7/i9, or Ryzen 7/9 | 8–16 cores, server or workstation class |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB+ |
| Storage | 20 GB free SSD | 50 GB free SSD | NVMe SSD, sized to your document archive |
| GPU | Not required — runs on CPU | Optional NVIDIA 8 GB+ VRAM (or Apple unified memory) for faster runs | Optional NVIDIA 16–24 GB VRAM for concurrent users |
| OS | macOS 12+ · Windows 10/11 · Ubuntu 20.04+ (most modern 64-bit Linux). Windows Server & common hypervisors (VMware/Hyper-V/Proxmox) supported for the server tier. |
| Network | No internet required at runtime. Runs fully offline / air-gapped. Nothing leaves the machine. |