Can Bildstak run offline or air-gapped?
Yes. Bildstak supports fully air-gapped deployment — the entire platform, including the AI analyst, runs within your environment with no outbound internet connectivity required. This makes it suitable for classified programmes, high-security infrastructure and sovereign data requirements.
For programmes where sensitive data cannot leave a secure perimeter — defence, critical national infrastructure, nuclear, sovereign government programmes — Bildstak offers a fully air-gapped deployment mode.
What air-gapped means in practice: - The Bildstak federation layer, query engine, AI analyst and all modules run inside your controlled environment. - No query, no answer, no project data traverses to external infrastructure. - The AI model that powers the plain-English query interface runs on-site, not in a public cloud. - Updates and new connector releases can be applied via controlled media transfer on your schedule.
Deployment models Bildstak supports: - Cloud — hosted by Bildstak, suitable for most commercial programmes. - Customer-VPC — runs in your own cloud account (AWS, Azure, GCP); Bildstak manages the software, you own the environment. - On-premise — installed in your data center; no cloud dependency. - Air-gapped — fully disconnected; no outbound connectivity required or used. - Desktop app — single-workstation, local IFC and file query with no server required. - Embedded SDK — embedded in your own application, data stays in your environment.
The security architecture for air-gapped deployments is the reason Bildstak leads with architecture rather than certification badges: you can verify that data does not leave, rather than relying on a third-party audit. If you have a specific security or compliance requirement, contact us to scope the right deployment model.
Updated 2026-06-19