Meetily

Meetily is a privacy-first desktop meeting assistant for recording, transcribing, and summarizing meetings with local processing by default and optional external providers. Its Community Edition is MIT-licensed and free, with local processing and no account required. Meetily captures system audio, so it can work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, and other meeting platforms without a bot joining the call. Native installers are available for Windows and macOS; Linux users can build from the open-source repository while a native app is in development.

✨ Key Features

• Local transcription — Transcribe meeting audio on the device with local Whisper or Parakeet models.
• Real-time notes — View live transcription while a meeting is in progress.
• AI summaries — Generate key points, action items, and summaries from transcripts.
• Bot-free capture — Record system audio without adding a meeting bot or browser extension to the call.
• Speaker identification — Pro adds speaker diarization to associate speech with speakers.
• Audio and video import — Import recordings in supported formats and retranscribe them.
• Offline operation — Transcription and local-model summaries can continue without an internet connection after setup.
• Bring your own key — Choose a supported cloud model through your own API key for summaries when desired.
• Custom summary templates — Pro lets users shape summaries with custom templates.
• Export meeting records — Pro supports PDF, DOCX, Markdown, and other export workflows.
• Search and edit transcripts — Find text in transcripts and use search-and-replace tools.
• Local data control — Recordings and transcripts are stored locally, with export and self-hosting options for organizations.

💳 Pricing

• Community Edition — Free and MIT-licensed; local transcription, AI summaries, basic copy sharing, and local recordings.
• Pro Trial — 14 days free with all Pro features and no credit card required.
• Pro — $10/user/month when billed annually ($120/user/year); the pricing page also shows a $25 monthly reference price. Includes speaker diarization, enhanced accuracy models, custom AI connectors, custom summary templates, auto-detect meetings, advanced exports, updates, and priority email support.
• Enterprise — Custom pricing for teams; volume licensing, dedicated support, and custom deployment help.

A Pro license is listed as valid for one device. Local transcription and local-model summaries stay on the device. Pro also supports cloud or custom transcription providers, which can receive audio; BYOK or cloud summary providers can receive transcript text. Review the selected provider’s privacy and retention terms.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Confidential meetings: Use local transcription and local summary models to keep meeting processing on a controlled device.
• Remote team meetings: Capture Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex audio without inviting a bot.
• Offline work: Transcribe and summarize with local models when connectivity is limited.
• Research interviews: Import recordings, retranscribe them, and export searchable notes.
• Healthcare or regulated workflows: Evaluate local processing and deployment controls against organizational requirements.
• Engineering teams: Audit or extend the MIT-licensed codebase and self-host the application.
• Meeting follow-up: Extract action items and share a copy of the resulting notes.
• Multilingual meetings: Use the supported local transcription models for meetings in many languages, then review accuracy.

Meetily is a desktop application, not a hosted team knowledge base. Check operating-system requirements, model downloads, recording consent rules, and the privacy terms of any external transcription or summary provider before adoption.