Granola
Turns your rough meeting notes and the call audio into clear notes and action items
by Granola
Anarlog
by fastreplAppGet organised
Takes notes in your meetings without a bot joining the call, then writes the summary
The problem it solves
You're trying to follow a meeting and type notes at the same time, and you don't want a recording bot in the participant list.
For People in frequent meetingsTeams with strict privacy rules
- Before
- You type notes while trying to follow the call, or invite a bot that records the meeting in someone else's cloud.
- After
- Anarlog records your device audio, transcribes it and writes a summary beside your own notes, stored on your computer.
- Stars
- ★ 9.7k
- License
- MIT
- Cost
- Free
- Platforms
- Mac · Win · Linux
- Runs
- Local
Overview
Anarlog is an open-source desktop meeting notepad, first released as Hyprnote. It records your microphone and computer audio during a call, turns it into a transcript and writes a summary next to your own notes, without adding a bot to the meeting. Notes and transcripts stay in a local database on your computer, and you choose whether summaries use a local model, your own AI key or the optional paid cloud plan. It suits people who want AI meeting notes but prefer to keep recordings on their own machine.
Recording, storage and the AI model are separate choices, so you can keep a whole meeting on your computer or turn on cloud features only when you want them.
Try these first
Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.
- Open the Welcome to Anarlog demo, click Join & record, then compare the Summary with the Transcript.First try · demo meeting
- In Chat: What did we agree to do before the next meeting?
- In Chat: List every action item from this meeting with the person responsible.
- Export this meeting's summary and transcript as Markdown.
Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.
Features
From the creator's documentation.
| Feature | What it does | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Bot-free recording | Records your microphone and computer audio; nothing joins the call | Your computer |
| Transcripts | Turns audio into text on device on supported Macs, or through a provider you choose | Your choice of model |
| Summaries | Writes a summary from the transcript and your notes, in formats you can customize | Your choice of model |
| Chat with meetings | Ask questions about a meeting and review suggested note changes | Your choice of model |
| Local storage and export | Keeps notes and transcripts in a local database; export as Markdown | Your computer |
| Optional cloud | Hosted AI, encrypted sync and share links on the paid Pro plan | Anarlog Cloud |
Good to know
Take your own notes during a call while Anarlog records device audio and transcribes it. Afterwards it writes a summary from the transcript and your notes, and you can export the result as Markdown.
Limits
- Downloading the app does not make every AI feature offline. Built-in on-device transcription needs a supported Apple Silicon Mac, and summaries use the model you choose in Intelligence settings.
- Hosted transcription, hosted AI, sync and share links send meeting content off your computer. Enterprise components in the repository are under a separate commercial license.
Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: anarlog (formerly Hyprnote)), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. Anarlog docs: Your first meeting · Anarlog docs: Data, privacy, and retention
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