Privacy-first AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings locally on macOS and Windows, with optional Ollama or cloud LLM summaries.
31.9K3.6KRustMITUpdated last month
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Best open-source alternatives to Otter.ai (2026)
Looking for a free, open-source alternative to Otter.ai? These 10 projects can replace it. Each one passed our quality screening and is explained in plain words, so you can compare stars, license and maintenance at a glance.
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| Project | Stars | License | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zackriya-Solutions/meetily | ★ 31.9K | MIT | last month |
| chidiwilliams/buzz | ★ 22.1K | MIT | 2 days ago |
| nexmoe/VidBee | ★ 10.9K | MIT | yesterday |
| Louis-CFM/coucou | ★ 5.5K | MIT | yesterday |
| gnekt/My-Brain-Is-Full-Crew | ★ 3.9K | Other | 4 months ago |
| amicalhq/amical | ★ 1.6K | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Blueturboguy07/cue | ★ 1.5K | GPL-3.0 | 19 days ago |
| 31d4r/Raven | ★ 197 | MIT | 7 months ago |
| antirez/whisperbot | ★ 168 | No license | 8 months ago |
| BrendownFerreira/transcriber | ★ 147 | No license | 7 months ago |
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FAQ
- Is there a free, open-source alternative to Otter.ai?
- Yes. The most popular open-source alternatives to Otter.ai on Repolode are meetily, buzz, VidBee.
- Which Otter.ai alternative should I choose?
- meetily has the most GitHub stars and is released under MIT. Compare the license and last commit of each option in the table above before choosing.