A private, local alternative to Fireflies.ai

Who Fireflies.ai is for

Fireflies.ai is a cloud notetaker aimed at teams that want every call captured, summarised and pushed into shared tools.

Where unottr differs

Local-only transcription

Transcription and speaker identification run on your computer with no network call. Audio is never uploaded.

No account

There is no sign-in. Install it, point it at a folder, and it works.

One-time price

$6.90 once for packaged downloads and support. No subscription and no charge per recording.

Cited Ask answers

Ask across meetings and get answers that cite the recording, speaker, date and timestamp, then open the video at that moment.

Bring your own model

Use Ollama or LM Studio on your computer, a hosted API, or an installed agent CLI. AI is optional.

When Fireflies.ai is the better fit

unottr is a desktop app for Linux x64 and Apple Silicon. It has no mobile apps, no live meeting bots and no team workspace. Fireflies.ai may suit you better if:

• You want a bot that joins scheduled meetings automatically and records them for the whole team.
• You need team dashboards, shared libraries and integrations with CRMs or project tools.
• You do not control the recording yourself and need the service to capture it.

See the full comparison. Details about Fireflies.ai come from its public website and may have changed; check them before deciding.