2026-03-09T14:40:00

In-Platform Translation for Sensitive Documents

OpenAleph 5.2 ships with a local translation service

2026-03-09T14:35:00

When Emails Get Complicated: 5.2 Handles It

How we found out and fixed the discrepancies between a RFC and the real world

2026-03-09T14:30:00

OpenAleph 5.2: Strengthening Email and Breaking Language Barriers

This release focuses on two major improvements: making email ingestion more reliable and introducing secure, local document translation. It also includes a UI glow-up, so OpenAleph is looking fresher than ever.

2025-12-19T15:18:00

OpenAleph 5.1 Released: Synonym Search and Tagging

This update includes two new features: Collaborative tagging of documents and synonyms search

2025-09-05T12:00:00

Discovering Data with ElasticSearch

An expert deep dive into the code changes that power the improved search and discovery experience in OpenAleph 5.

2025-09-03T12:00:00

Behind the Update

How OpenAleph 5 Surfaces Connections

2025-09-01T11:39:00

🎉 Celebrating 80 Years of The Aleph

OpenAleph 5 is here! We made investigative search faster, clearer, and more adaptable.

2025-08-22T12:00:00

Bringing Local AI to OpenAleph

Because AI should be private, fast, and under your control.

2025-06-24T12:39:00

Geocoded Addresses in OpenAleph

The new geocoding feature in OpenAleph makes addresses a whole lot more interesting.

2025-05-28T12:00:00

Putting a Face to the Name

Putting a face to the name can do wonders to jog the memory.

2025-05-22T12:00:00

Making Audio and Video Files Searchable

We kept hoping that audio transcription tools would eventually deliver faithful textual representations of audio streams. We kept hoping that ✨AI✨ would solve this problem.

2025-05-22T12:00:00

AI Transcriptions in OpenAleph: the First Steps

We need OpenAleph to be able to transcribe audio and video files, and we're turning to AI to help us do it. We're in store for a bumpy ride.

2025-05-15T13:39:00

OpenAleph Python library and CLI

The openaleph client let's you interact with OpenAleph through the command line and Python scripts.

2025-03-31T12:00:00

OpenAleph commits to the commons

Since early 2025, we have been investing resources into the open source development of the established research platform originally created by OCCRP.