Open source alternatives to Otter.ai

6 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Otter.ai does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Otter.ai does

  1. Live transcriptioncore
  2. Meeting recordingcore
  3. AI summaries and action itemscore
  4. Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams calls
  5. Speaker identification
  6. Search across transcripts
  7. Share and export transcripts

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
stenoaiLocal meeting notetaker that transcribes and summarizes on desktop Replaces it95%1.4k+25
110
 42 days ago100% Install like an app MIT
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams calls.See the evidence
  • Live transcriptioncoreYesReal-time on-screen text as you speak
  • Meeting recordingcoreYesRecord microphone and system audio directly.
  • AI summaries and action itemscoreYesclear summary, key decisions and action items
  • Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams callsPartlyRecord both sides of virtual meetings.
  • Speaker identificationYesLive speaker labels
  • Search across transcriptsYesTurn audio into a searchable transcript on your device.
  • Share and export transcriptsYesCopy or export a note and its transcript.
vexaOpen source meeting transcription API with bots for Meet, Teams and Zoom Same job, different way90%3.0k+23
89
 36 days ago20% Hosted, paid Apache-2.0
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: AI summaries and action items.See the evidence
  • Live transcriptioncoreYesTranscripts arrive while the meeting is still running.
  • Meeting recordingcoreYesCapture full meeting audio
  • AI summaries and action itemscorePartlyask an agent that has every captured meeting as context
  • Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams callsYesA real bot joins Meet, Teams and Zoom
  • Speaker identificationYesspeaker-attributed transcripts
  • Search across transcriptsYesQuery history, search conversations, export via API.
  • Share and export transcriptsYesShare a workspace with your team
macparakeetLocal dictation and transcription app for Apple Silicon Macs, with a CLI Same job, different way85%788+16
1,596
 31 days ago92% Install like an app Custom license
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: AI summaries and action items; Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams calls.See the evidence
  • Live transcriptioncoreYesSee a live local transcript preview
  • Meeting recordingcoreYesRecord system audio and microphone together
  • AI summaries and action itemscorePartlyfinalized transcript to the library with export, prompts, and chat
  • Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams callsPartlyCapture system audio and your mic at the same time.
  • Speaker identificationYesSpeaker Diarization Know who said what
  • Search across transcriptsYesanything with speech becomes searchable text
  • Share and export transcriptsYes8 Export Formats TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, DOCX, PDF, JSON
minomeetRecords meetings, transcribes live and drafts minutes with AI Replaces it85%27
102
 2 months agoToo few Runs in a browser MIT
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams calls. Not shown: Speaker identification.See the evidence
  • Live transcriptioncoreYeslive real-time transcription
  • Meeting recordingcoreYesRecord microphone audio, browser tabs, Google Meet, Zoom
  • AI summaries and action itemscoreYesExecutive Summaries, Key Decisions, Action Items
  • Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams callsPartlyRecord microphone audio, browser tabs, Google Meet, Zoom
  • Speaker identificationNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Search across transcriptsYesSemantic natural-language Q&A assistant across your historical meeting archives
  • Share and export transcriptsYesHigh-Fidelity PDF & Markdown Export
omarchy-meeting-recorderRecords mic and system audio on Omarchy, transcribed on your own machine Same job, different way45%476+7
63
 31 days ago64% Install like an app MIT
Covers 1 of 3 core jobs. Partly: AI summaries and action items; Share and export transcripts. Not shown: Live transcription; Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams calls; Search across transcripts.See the evidence
  • Live transcriptioncoreNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Meeting recordingcoreYesrecords your microphone and the computer audio as two tracks
  • AI summaries and action itemscorePartlychapters written by the coding agent you already use
  • Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams callsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Speaker identificationYesa transcript with speakers, chapters and a player
  • Search across transcriptsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Share and export transcriptsPartlyCopy transcript
yogurtPrivate AI meeting notes app that runs models locally Not checked yet1.5k+1.5k
147
 yesterday25% Install like an app MIT

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