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Meetily

★ 26k

Privacy-first AI meeting note taker for macOS and Windows that transcribes and summarizes meetings entirely on your own machine — no bots joining calls, no cloud.

Meetily does the job of Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai and Granola, self-hosted. It is MIT-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Otter.ai bills $10/mo for it. 26k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Granola.

Licence: MIT
Self-hosting: Easy
The paid one costs: $10/mo
GitHub stars: 26k

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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Meetily runs

Where it runs

Meetily runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Meetily questions

Is Meetily open source?

Yes — it is released under MIT.

Can Meetily replace Otter.ai?

Our verdict on Otter.ai is YES. Whisper (75k stars), Meetily (26k stars), Speakr (4k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Otter.ai — self-host with docker and stop paying $16.99/mo.

Can I self-host Meetily?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.