Introduction
Meetings are essential for collaboration, but taking notes, summarizing discussions, and ensuring data privacy can be challenging. While AI-powered meeting assistants like Granola.ai and Otter.ai provide transcription and summarization, they come with cloud dependencies, privacy concerns, and recurring subscription costs.
At Meetily, we are building a fully open-source, privacy-first AI meeting assistant that works entirely on local hardware or via self-hosted cloud infrastructure, ensuring users retain complete control over their meeting data.
🚀 General Info:
✅ 1000+ GitHub Stars 🌟
✅ 800+ Downloads ⬇️
✅ Growing Community & Positive Feedback
🔗 GitHub: Meetily - AI Meeting Assistant
🌐 Website: Meetily Official Site
📌 Latest Release: Check Here
💡 AI MVP Development Services: Build with Zackriya
Why We Built Meetily
Many professionals, especially startup founders, project managers, engineers, and open-source advocates, prefer not to send confidential meeting data to third-party servers.
🔹 Cloud Dependence & Privacy Concerns – Most AI meeting assistants store meeting data in the cloud, raising issues about data security and compliance.
🔹 Expensive Subscription Models – AI-powered note-taking tools charge monthly fees ranging from $8 to $20 per user per month.
🔹 Lack of Customization & LLM Control – Many closed-source AI assistants do not allow fine-tuning of models or let users choose which LLMs to use.
Meetily’s Solution:
✅ Transcribes meetings in real-time using Whisper.cpp.
✅ Generates AI-powered summaries using local LLMs (Ollama) or external APIs (Claude, Groq, Llama 70B).
✅ Stores meeting data locally for security & compliance.
✅ Runs on local hardware to reduce cloud dependencies.
✅ Is fully open-source, allowing users to customize and improve it.
Meetily ensures full data control and eliminates SaaS subscriptions, making it the best Granola alternative for Windows and a top self-hosted AI meeting note taker.
Meetily vs Other AI Meeting Assistants
| Feature | Meetily (Self-Hosted & Open-Source) | Granola.ai (Mac-Only, Cloud-Based) | Otter.ai (Cross-Platform, SaaS-Based) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Privacy | 100% Local & Open-Source | Cloud-Based | Cloud-Based |
| Cost | Free (Self-Hosted) / Paid (Hosted Option) | $18/month | $8.33/month |
| Customization | Fully Customizable AI Models | Limited | Limited |
| LLM Summarization | Local LLMs + API Support | Closed Cloud AI | Closed Cloud AI |
| Platform Support | Windows, Mac OS | Mac-Only | Windows, Mac OS, Mobile |
| Best For | Self-hosting, privacy-conscious users | Mac users needing AI-enhanced notes | Teams, Sales, and Remote Workflows |
Technical Architecture & Implementation
Meetily is structured for modular, privacy-first AI processing:
- Frontend: Tauri + Next.js (lightweight, cross-platform UI).
- Backend: FastAPI (manages AI processing & local storage).
- Transcription Engine: Whisper.cpp (high-accuracy local speech-to-text).
- Summarization AI: Ollama (Local LLMs) + External LLM APIs (Claude, Groq, Llama 70B).
- Database: SQLite (local storage) + VectorDB (semantic search for past meetings).
- OS Integration: Rust-based audio capture for efficient processing.
How to Install Meetily
Frontend Installation
1️⃣ Download the latest version from GitHub Releases.
Windows Installation
2️⃣ Windows may warn about untrusted apps – Click More info → Run anyway.
Option 1: Using the Setup Executable (.exe) (Recommended)
- Download
nsis.zip, extract it, and runmeeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe.
Option 2: Using the MSI Installer (.msi)
- Download
msi.zip, extract it, and runmeeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi.
macOS Installation
- Download
dmg_darwin_arch64.zip, extract it, and openmeeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg. - Drag
meeting-minutes-frontend.appto Applications. - Run the following command in Terminal:
xattr -c /Applications/meeting-minutes-frontend.app
Backend Installation
git clone https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meeting-minutes
cd meeting-minutes/backend
chmod +x build_whisper.sh
Build & Run the Backend
# On macOS/Linux:
./build_whisper.sh
./clean_start_backend.sh
# On Windows:
.\build_whisper.bat
.\start_with_output.ps1
How to Contribute to Meetily
1️⃣ Fork the Repository
2️⃣ Create a New Branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3️⃣ Make Your Changes
4️⃣ Commit & Push Your Changes
5️⃣ Create a Pull Request to the devcontest branch
Introducing Subscription – Hosted Backend Option
📌 Why Subscribe?
✔️ No need for self-hosting – We handle the backend for you.
✔️ Scalability – Run the service continuously without infrastructure management.
🔗 Interested? Fill out the form here: Meetily Subscription Interest
Conclusion – Why Meetily is the Best Self-Hosted AI Meeting Note Taker
✅ 100% Open-Source & Free – No SaaS lock-in.
✅ Self-Hosted or Hosted Option – Choose how you want to run it.
✅ AI-Powered Transcription & Summaries – High-accuracy meeting notes.
✅ Privacy-First & Local Execution – Full control over your data.
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