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anarlog

anarlog is the open-source, privacy-first, local-first alternative to Granola AI. Take notes during private meetings, turn them into editable summaries, and keep your local meeting data and AI stack under your control.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Open Source (MIT)

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Platforms

  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  AI-Powered

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  No registration required
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Meeting notes
  6.  Speech to text
  7.  Voice to Text

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anarlog information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $12 and $15 per month + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  9,334 Stars
  •  765 Forks
  •  13 Open Issues
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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Viktor Korobov
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I like the local-first approach, especially for something as sensitive as meeting transcripts. The ability to choose my own AI provider is another plus. My only concern is that this flexibility may make anarlog a little more complicated to set up than polished cloud alternatives like Granola. Still, for privacy-conscious users, that trade-off may be worth it.

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"local first" but i have to sign up for an account? Sus AF.

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What is anarlog?

anarlog is an open-source alternative to Granola. It takes notes in your meetings without sending a bot to join the call: it listens to your device audio, transcribes on your machine, and keeps everything in a local SQLite database you can open yourself.

It is built for people who want AI meeting notes without handing their conversations to someone else's cloud, and for anyone who needs to get a notetaker past a security review with a straight face.

Why anarlog?

  • No bot joins your call. anarlog captures audio directly on your device. Nothing appears in the participant list, and nothing records from inside the meeting.
  • Local by default. Transcription runs on-device, so meeting audio never has to leave your machine.
  • Your data, in a format you can read. Sessions, notes, and transcripts live in local SQLite. Recordings and attachments are plain local files. Export Markdown whenever it fits your workflow.
  • Bring your own AI. Use OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, Unsloth, or anything OpenAI-compatible, including fully local models.
  • Readable source, MIT. The community application is MIT-licensed. Fork it, audit it, sell it, or self-host it.
  • Cloud is opt-in, not required. Hosted AI, encrypted CloudSync, and sharing exist when you want them. Nothing depends on them.
  • A front door for your org. Self-hosting and source-visible enterprise components give security and IT teams a real path to yes.