Anarlog: Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad (formerly Hyprnote) by Fastrepl that records and summarizes private meetings on your own device with no bot. JotMe: Multilingual AI meeting assistant offering live translation, transcription, and notes in many languages across major conferencing platforms. The right pick comes down to team size, budget, and the workflows you want to automate.
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Shortlist Anarlog when engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes matters most, and JotMe when client calls where participants speak different languages matters most. Try them side by side on real calls before deciding — needs vary by team.
Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad (formerly Hyprnote) by Fastrepl that records and summarizes private meetings on your own device with no bot.
Multilingual AI meeting assistant offering live translation, transcription, and notes in many languages across major conferencing platforms.
Anarlog is an open-source, local-first AI meeting notetaker developed by Fastrepl, Inc., the team behind the project previously known as Hyprnote and Char. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to cloud meeting-notes tools and is designed for people who want to keep meeting data under their own control. Instead of sending a bot into a call, Anarlog captures system audio directly on the user's computer, transcribes it locally, and merges the transcript with short notes the user jots down during the meeting to produce structured, editable summaries with action items. Audio, transcripts, and notes are stored as files on the local disk rather than in an external service, and users can choose between running local AI models or supplying their own API keys for cloud processing. The application is available for Apple Silicon Macs and its codebase is published on GitHub under a GPL license, so it can be inspected, forked, and self-hosted. Anarlog is best for engineers, privacy-conscious professionals, and teams that want bot-free meeting notes with full ownership of their data. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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JotMe is an AI meeting assistant built around multilingual meetings and events, combining real-time translation, transcription and note generation in a single tool. Its live translation aims to preserve speaker context and intent while transcribing speech with speaker labels, and it can produce multilingual output so different participants can read transcripts, summaries and notes in their own language. After a session, JotMe generates structured meeting notes, summaries, key decisions and action items, and offers an 'Ask JotMe' feature for querying what was discussed without re-watching a recording. It can capture audio without requiring a bot to join the call, and also works as a standalone mobile app and Chrome extension, so it can be used for in-person conversations and events in addition to virtual meetings. JotMe integrates with major conferencing platforms including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Webex, and lets teams share transcripts, notes and audio in each member's preferred language. It is aimed at organizations running multilingual operations, from internal cross-border meetings to client calls, conferences and live events where language differences would otherwise create friction. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Anarlog is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); JotMe is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Anarlog | JotMe |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Bot-free capture via local system-audio recording | Real-time live translation across a large set of languages |
| Standout feature | Local transcription with notes merged into structured summaries | Multilingual transcription with speaker labels |
| Team usage | Data stored as files on the user's own device | AI meeting notes, summaries, key decisions and action items |
| Integrations | Choice of local AI models or bring-your-own API keys | 'Ask JotMe' query interface for past sessions |
| Languages & capture | Open-source codebase available on GitHub | Bot-free capture plus mobile app and Chrome extension |
| Best-fit workflow | Action-item extraction from meeting notes | Integrations with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Webex |
Anarlog
Choose Anarlog if you need engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes — strengths include open source with a publicly available codebase.
JotMe
Choose JotMe if you need cross-border teams holding meetings in multiple languages — strengths include strong multilingual translation and transcription focus.
Anarlog
JotMe
It depends on your workflow. Anarlog is strong for engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes, while JotMe is strong for cross-border teams holding meetings in multiple languages. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Anarlog is a free tier with paid upgrades and JotMe is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Often yes: teams combine tools when one handles capture and another handles analysis.
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