Open Granola
Source meeting notepad with bot-free capture, local Whisper transcription, and local-LLM notes. Runs on your hardware and does not provide a hosted meeting service.
Setup: self-host
Free alternatives to Otter
Functional replacements with a real free or open-source path, described in plain terms.
Available alternatives
Muesli
Self-hosted meeting notes with transcription and LLM summarization through plugins such as Whisper and Ollama. Runs on infrastructure you control and needs local resources or configured providers.
Setup: self-host
Heed
Local meeting recorder with live and post-call transcription, diarization, speaker memory, and AI notes. Open-source, but local hardware/model requirements differ from hosted note-taking services.
Setup: self-host
Oats
Open-source desktop meeting notes with offline transcription and on-device summaries. Mac and Windows support is described by the project; model downloads and device compatibility apply.
Setup: self-host