Record local. No uploads, ever.

The AI notetaker that can keep your secrets safe.

Your ideas are great. Stop sending them to billionaires. Private local AI on the hardware you already own.

Download for Mac

Your ideas, and private information should be just that, private. So should the ideas of people you meet with. With localonly, data never needs to leave your device. Privacy first AI, without any subscription.

Never miss a beat, and keep it to yourself.

AI-generated meeting summary in localonly
Local AI summary Key decisions and next steps pulled out automatically, by a model running entirely on your Mac. Nothing left your machine.
Notes list in localonly
Your notes, always local Every session saved locally. No sync, no cloud, no account. Just your notes on your machine.
Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Built for people who take meetings, notes, and privacy seriously.

Real-time transcription
Transcription runs entirely on your device. Words appear as you speak. No server. No waiting.
Local summaries
Summaries run on your own hardware, never in the cloud. Pulls out what matters. Your conversations stay yours.
No cloud, full stop
Notes live locally on your device. No account. No subscription. No "free tier" that reads your data to train their model.
Clean notes editor
Minimal, distraction-free writing. Summaries sit alongside your notes. Your original words are never overwritten.
Optional
Calendar aware localonly can read your calendar to know when a meeting is starting. One-way only. Your schedule comes in, nothing goes out.
How it works

Simple by design.

Three steps. No accounts. No setup beyond the app.

1
Start a session
Hit record. localonly captures audio from your mic and begins transcribing immediately via on-device Whisper.
2
Transcription appears live
Watch words appear in real time. Jot notes alongside. Everything auto-saves locally.
3
Summarize locally
Click Summarize. Your local model pulls out what matters. The original transcript stays untouched.
Privacy

Your data never leaves your device.
Full stop.

Cloud tools record, transcribe, and store your conversations on their servers. Then train their next model on them. localonly doesn't know you exist.

  • No account required. Ever.
  • No audio sent to any server
  • No subscription or usage limits
  • No telemetry or analytics whatsoever
Download for Mac
Cloud tools
localonly
Uploads your audio
100% on-device
Requires account
No signup needed
Monthly subscription
Pay once, own it
Stores your meetings
Your machine only
Trains on your data
No data, no training
Download

Your notes, your meetings,
your device.

Requires macOS 13+. Written in Rust, with the Whisper model (~142 MB) downloading on first launch. No manual setup.

Download for macOS
iPhone app, coming soon

macOS 13 Ventura or later

Contact
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