silverstein/minutes
Open-source, local-first Granola/Otter alternative that Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and any MCP client can query. Meetings, calls, and voice memos transcribed on-device into markdown you own. observed · 2026-10-13
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 15
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1.0
- age_days: 216
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 91
Adoption not part of the score
1545 stars · 168 forks observed · 2026-10-13
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Minutes is an open-source, privacy-first conversation memory app that records meetings, voice memos, and dictation, transcribes them locally (Whisper/Parakeet), and stores them as plain Markdown files in ~/meetings/. It exposes the corpus to AI agents via a CLI, an MCP server with 34 tools, a Claude Code plugin, and a macOS Tauri desktop app.
Use cases
- search my meeting transcripts with an AI assistant
- transcribe meetings locally without uploading audio
- turn voice memos into searchable markdown notes
- give Claude or Codex access to my meeting decisions
- dictate thoughts at my cursor and store them locally
- keep a private, grep-able archive of meeting commitments
- sync phone voice memos into a local transcript library
When to choose
- you want local-first transcription and storage with zero cloud uploads
- you use MCP-compatible agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor) and want them to recall meeting context
- you want your notes as plain Markdown files you own forever
- privacy and consent controls (restricted meetings, policy-aware access) matter to you
When to avoid
- you need a hosted notetaker that joins Zoom/Meet calls automatically
- you need a Windows or Linux desktop GUI (desktop app is macOS-only today)
- you want team-shared, multi-user meeting workspaces with cloud sync
- you need polished managed updates and rollback (updates are manual)
Facets
application · maturity active
speech-recognition search-engine mcp cli audio-processing nlp self-hosted developer-tools speech-processing developer-tools privacy self-hosted windows cli rust cross-platform meeting-notes transcription whisper parakeet voice-memo conversation-memory local-first markdown claude-code-plugin privacy-first tauri dictation ai-agents natural-language-processing command-line macos linux desktop
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/silverstein/minutes · fetched 2026-10-13 · 8cfc9c8758e1
- homepage: https://useminutes.app · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d0998843a8d
- site_page: https://useminutes.app/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 33fe8e46201f
- site_page: https://useminutes.app/docs/mcp/tools · fetched 2026-08-29 · a8f880b7062c
- site_page: https://useminutes.app/docs/errors · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7d497a14be1b
- site_page: https://useminutes.app/for-agents · fetched 2026-08-29 · 21e8d693924e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| silverstein/minutes | main | 78 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="silverstein/minutes")
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