AI that respects
solicitor-client privilege.
Your Law Society prohibits uploading client files to ChatGPT or Claude. Ferox Nodus runs entirely on your Mac — no data ever leaves your device.
Draft briefs, analyze contracts, and research case law with full AI capability — and zero regulatory risk.
14-day free trial · No credit card required · Apple Silicon required
The AI problem every Canadian lawyer faces
Cloud AI cannot be used on client files
Law Societies across Canada have issued guidance that uploading confidential client information to third-party cloud AI tools likely violates your duty of confidentiality. ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini cannot sign the agreements your clients expect.
Enterprise legal AI costs $50,000+ per year
Tools purpose-built for legal compliance exist — but they're priced for Bay Street firms, not solo practitioners, boutiques, or small firms.
Ferox Nodus: full AI capability, zero cloud exposure
Runs entirely on your Mac. Client files are indexed locally, analyzed locally, and never transmitted. When you need frontier model capability, PII is scrubbed before anything leaves your device.
Built for legal work
Contract Analysis
Ask questions about any contract in plain language. Identify unusual clauses, summarize obligations, and flag risk areas — entirely on-device.
Brief & Memo Drafting
Generate first drafts of legal briefs, client memos, and correspondence using profession-specific templates trained on legal writing conventions.
Document Intelligence
Search across your entire matter file by meaning, not just keywords. Find the clause, precedent, or fact you need in seconds.
Audit Trail
Every query logged locally. Full audit trail for compliance and file management — all stored on your device, never in the cloud.
Six layers between
your data and the cloud.
Privacy isn't a policy — it's architecture. Every query passes through six protection layers before anything reaches the network.
Your Device
Local Inference
AI runs entirely on your hardware. No network calls.
Document RAG
Your documents indexed locally. Never uploaded.
PII Scrubbing Pipeline
PII Detection
GLiNER NER model identifies sensitive entities.
PII Replacement
Names, addresses, IDs replaced with synthetic tokens.
Audit Logging
Every scrubbing action logged locally for compliance.
Cloud (Scrubbed Only)
Cloud Relay
Scrubbed query sent to frontier model via Toronto relay.
↑ Your device never shares raw data ↑
Designed around Canadian legal obligations
PIPEDA
Federal private sector privacy law compliance built into the architecture.
PIPA (Alberta)
Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act requirements addressed by local processing.
Canadian Data Sovereignty
Cloud relay hosted in Toronto. No cross-border data transfer for local queries.
Ferox Nodus does not provide legal advice. Consult your Law Society guidelines regarding AI tool usage in your jurisdiction.
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Install
Download and install on macOS or Windows.
Download Model
Gemma 3 12B downloads on first launch (~7 GB).
First Query
Start chatting — everything runs locally.