Local-first legal platform

All your case files, research, and deadlines in one legal workspace.

Legal IDE helps Swiss legal teams edit documents, search laws and rulings, and use private AI without sending data to the cloud.

On-prem by default Swiss legal sources Fast OCR + search

Live workspace preview

Secure

Matter: ZH-414 / Employment dispute

Split view - Notes + Federal ruling

Auto-save

2s retry with local cache

Search

0.4s across 1.2M docs

Private AI

Summarize the ruling and extract deadlines. Keep data on-prem.

AI cache warm - 12ms latency

Value

Everything you need to run a case, without switching tools.

Legal IDE covers the full Swiss legal system: communes, cantonal and federal law, plus doctrine and court decisions.

Communes Cantonal law Federal law Doctrine Commentary Court decisions

Authoritative sources

Activate major doctrine books, add commentary, and access cantonal + federal court decisions. The AI cites only authoritative sources - NO HALLUCINATIONS.

NO HALLUCINATIONS

Work in one place

Projects, file trees, and split view keep the full case context in one workspace.

Research faster

Global search across laws, rulings, doctrine, and internal documents with filters.

Keep data private

Local AI, OCR, and storage boundaries keep client data on-premise.

Built for Switzerland

Communal, cantonal, and federal laws with authoritative citations.

Editing + Research

Draft, cite, and compare with Swiss legal sources at hand.

Edit documents in the browser, open laws and rulings in built-in viewers, and compare documents side-by-side.

Automatic translation keeps every source readable across FR/DE/IT while preserving the original text.

Editors & viewers

Document editing, law reader, image & audio viewers, and split view.

Swiss research

Federal & cantonal laws, TAF rulings, and citations linked by RS numbers.

Global search

Filter by canton, content type, or project-only scope. Compare results in split view.

Search latency < 1s
Indexed sources FR / DE / IT

Evidence capture

OCR with parallel workers, live audio transcription, and a timeline for deadlines.

OCR Live transcript Timeline

Private AI

Local AI assistance that stays in your infrastructure.

Ask questions about the document you are viewing. It is an agentic assistant that can take action, not just a chat box.

How teams use it

  • Summaries of rulings with extracted deadlines.
  • Draft pleadings grounded in case documents.
  • Compare doctrine references across cantons.

AI reliability

Choose the level of control, from suggestions to fully automated actions with approval gates.

Agentic workflows Human-in-the-loop Audit-ready

Privacy & compliance

Local processing by default, clear data boundaries, and no external internet connectivity.

On-prem hardware + software delivery
Local network only or fully air-gapped
Automatic translation with original sources
Agentic assistant with configurable control

Full stack

We build the full stack, from dedicated hardware to custom software.

Legal IDE ships as a complete on-prem system. We design and deliver the machines, install the software, and tune it for your workloads.

White-glove service includes on-site setup and staff training so legal professionals can go straight to work.

Integrated stack

Hardware

Dedicated machines built for local AI

01

Core services

Search, OCR, translation, and agents

02

Workspace

Editors, timelines, and legal sources

03

White-glove delivery

Installation, training, and go-live support

04

Local-first stack

A complete on-prem system delivered as hardware + software.

We install everything on-prem and keep it offline by default. You can expose it to the local network for law firm or court collaboration, or keep it fully air-gapped.

On-prem hardware + software delivery On-prem
No external internet connectivity Offline
Local network access or full air gap Control
Choose the level of autonomy Agentic

Blog

Guides for legal teams and technical deep dives.

The blog has two tracks: practical guidance for law professionals in French and German, and technical notes in English.

About

A local-first team focused on Swiss legal excellence.

We deliver on-prem systems for legal teams that demand privacy, reliability, and multilingual precision.

Sacha Liechti

Sacha Liechti

MSc Computer Science, ETH Zurich

Email: sacha@liechticonsulting.com

Professional delivery, on-site installation, and long-term support for legal institutions.

Ready to see Legal IDE?

Deliver faster research with private AI and Swiss legal sources.

We will map your current workflow, data sources, and security requirements to an on-prem rollout plan.

We only contact qualified legal teams. No spam, no data sharing.