What do I still need to do?
Every open action, linked to the meeting it came from, and a morning look back at yesterday.
New
LokalBot for Android, on Google Play
Your personal context engine.
Notes from every call with no bot. One search for everything you saw and heard. Autocomplete and dictation in any app. Local by default.
LokalBot is a desktop app for Mac, with Windows and Linux in alpha. Send this page to your computer with AirDrop, Messages, or Notes, or .Copy the link and open it on your computer. The Android companion app is on Google Play.
Apple Silicon, macOS 15+.
Nothing joins the call, and every action links back to the moment it was said. How recording works
One search across your meetings and, if you turn it on, what you saw on screen.
Gray text finishes your sentence in any app, using what your meetings decided. Tab takes a word.
Hold ⌥ Space and say what you need. Compose mode writes it at your cursor.
Ask your own work a question. Answers cite their sources.
Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP client can search your meetings. Read-only, and off until you turn it on.
Pick up where you left off.
Where did I save that?
Search the folders you choose by what's inside: documents, PDFs, pictures, and moments in video.
Where did the day go?
Retrace your day session by session. Screen text and screenshots are opt-in.
Personal Context
It remembers how you work.
An encrypted list of your facts, preferences, goals, and principles, so Ask fits your work. Add to it yourself, or let the overnight review learn from your own words.
- Only your own words. Never other speakers', and read by a local model unless you approve a server.
- You see the source. Every learned item shows its line. Facts and goals from meetings save directly; the rest waits for your OK.
- Yours to turn off. Learning is on by default, up to three items a night. One switch stops it.
A hand with the writing, too.
Finish the sentence
Optional autocomplete that draws on the message you're answering and, if you let it, your meetings. Tab takes the next word.
How autocomplete works
Talk instead of typing
Hold ⌥ Space (Alt+Space on Windows and Linux), talk, and release. Your words appear at the cursor, transcribed locally.
Rewrite what you selected
Select text in any app and press ⌃⇧ W (Ctrl+Alt+Space on Windows and Linux) to fix, shorten, or translate it, or draft a reply from what your meetings say.
Draft the follow-up
Turn a meeting into a draft you review and send, or keep notes in Obsidian or Logseq.
Windows and Linux (alpha)
Not only on Mac.
A native app for Windows 10 and 11 and for Linux, with the same pages. It reads the same library, so yours moves between computers.
It's an alpha: the Windows build isn't code-signed yet, Wayland support is partial, and a few Mac features haven't been ported. What works and what's missing · Linux guide · Windows guide
Android
Take it with you.
The Android app keeps a copy of the meetings, actions, and Day Digests your computer shares. It pairs with LokalBot on a Mac, Windows, or Linux.
- Reads offline. Search the copy on your phone, with or without a connection.
- Ask goes to your computer. It answers with its own AI settings. Away from it, queue the question for later.
- No LokalBot server. Pair with a QR code, then sync end-to-end encrypted over your Wi-Fi or Tailscale. Off until you turn it on.
Android 10 or later. Try the sample library before you pair. The iPhone and iPad app isn't in the App Store yet.
Agent access
Works with your agents.
Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP client can search your meetings through the bundled lokalbot-cli or its MCP server.
- Read-only. Agents can search and read your library, not change it.
- Off until you turn it on in Settings. Screen memory and the Personal Context you share each need their own permission.
- Your agent, your provider. Results go to its model provider, so connect only clients you trust.
Open any action item in Claude Code or Codex, prompt ready to review. Optional Agent Mode works on your files with your approval.
# Connect Claude Code over MCP $ claude mcp add lokalbot -- lokalbot-cli mcp # Or search from any shell or agent $ lokalbot-cli search "database decision" $ lokalbot-cli actions --owner me
Set up agent access Claude Code and Codex plugins Raycast extension
Under the hood
A small AI team on your computer.
Each job has its own local model. These are the Mac defaults, about 9.6 GB if you use every role. Windows and Linux use their own, about 4 GB by default.
- Knows who's talkingNemotron 30.2 GB
- Turns speech into textQwen3-ASR 1.7B2.47 GB
- Writes the recap and answersQwen3.5 4B2.74 GB
- Finishes your sentencesGemma 4 E2B3.85 GB
- Searches by meaningEmbeddingGemma 20.31 GB
- Reads screen text, if you opt inApple VisionBuilt into macOS
Privacy
Your recordings stay on your computer.
Recording, transcription, and the built-in models run on your computer. Screen text and screenshots are optional, and you choose what to capture and how long to keep it.
Models and updates need a download. A remote model gets context only after the app asks. Agents and external tools have their own permissions and data handling.
Switching
Coming from another app?
Drop old audio or video files onto Meetings to get transcripts, speakers, and notes.
Granola
The same bot-free capture, processed on your computer. No account or subscription.
Otter or Fireflies
Nothing joins your call, audio stays local, and there are no minute caps.
Apple Notes
With headphones on, Notes misses the other side of the call. LokalBot records both.
Rewind or Screenpipe
Rewind's Mac app is discontinued. Here screen capture is opt-in and deleted after 14 days by default.
Hyprnote, Meetily, or OpenWhispr
Also open source. Here everything is local by default, and speaker separation, meeting detection, and MCP are free.
Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, or MacWhisper
Free local dictation, plus meeting notes and recall. For transcribing existing files, MacWhisper is better.
Competitor details were last verified on October 26, 2026. All comparisons · Alternatives for Linux and Windows
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Try it on your computer.
Free and open source. No account or subscription.
Download for Mac.dmg installer · or with Homebrew: brew install --cask stevyhacker/tap/lokalbot
macOS · Windows · Linux (alpha) · Release notes
Apple Silicon (M1 or later) with macOS 15+ · Windows 10 or 11, x64 · Linux x86_64
Windows and Linux are in alpha. Models download during setup. Try a sample meeting before you record.
A few questions.
What does it capture from my screen?
New installs track only app and window activity, and you can turn that off. Visible text and encrypted screenshots are opt-in, and are deleted after 14 days by default unless you save the moment. Excluded apps and sites, password managers, and focused password fields are skipped. Private browser windows are captured like any other, so exclude the browser or site to keep them out.
Does anything leave my computer?
Recordings and built-in processing stay local. The network is used for model downloads, update checks, and optional agent setup. A remote model gets context only after you approve its server. Approved agent commands can also use the network, and connected CLI or MCP tools have their own data handling. See the privacy policy.
Can I choose my own models?
Yes. Use the built-in local models, another downloaded model, Ollama, an OpenAI-compatible server, or, on Mac, Apple Intelligence. Summaries and chat can also run on your own ChatGPT or Claude plan. A remote server or plan gets context only after you approve it. See the transcription model guide and offline setup guide.
Which languages does it support?
Transcription covers 52 languages and dialects with the default Qwen3-ASR model. Notes follow the meeting's language unless you choose another, and the app is translated into 24 languages. On Mac, autocomplete also writes in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and more.
Does it work in mainland China?
Yes. It records calls in Tencent Meeting, VooV Meeting, Feishu, Lark, DingTalk, and WeCom, search finds Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words, and models can download from HF-Mirror or ModelScope.
Does a bot join my meetings?
No. LokalBot records your microphone and the meeting's audio on separate tracks; on Windows and Linux the second track is the meeting app where it can be separated, and otherwise everything your computer plays. Tell participants you're recording and get their consent. Read how recording works.