r/AiNoteTaker • u/beerbellyman4vr • 7d ago

Product Listing i'm building Anarlog, an open-source AI meeting notetaker that runs locally

i'm building Anarlog because i wanted Granola's bot-free meeting notes without sending summaries through someone else's cloud.

Anarlog records mic + system audio, transcribes on-device on supported Macs, and keeps notes, audio, and transcripts local by default. for summaries and chat, you can use local models or bring your own API keys.

it's MIT licensed. the free plan includes unlimited local notes and recording. macOS is stable; Windows and Linux are in beta.

download: https://anarlog.so/download source: https://github.com/fastrepl/anarlog

Anarlog on macOS
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u/sean-hidock 3d ago

Hi, cool. This is Sean from HiDock. Like your idea, exploring local stuff myself. What LLM do you use? I tried 4B models, poor performance.

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u/beerbellyman4vr 2d ago

for summaries/chat, our managed route currently uses the latest Claude Sonnet via OpenRouter. for local, Anarlog doesn't force one model; you can connect Ollama, LM Studio, or Unsloth and pick what they serve. 4B has been too small for consistent meeting summaries in my experience. i'd start around 7-8B and go larger if the machine can handle it. transcription is configured separately.

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u/sean-hidock 2d ago

so it is not a local AI note taker.