minutes

Minutes is a local-first meeting and voice-memo memory layer. Record conversations, transcribe with whisper.cpp, identify speakers with pyannote, save everything as markdown with YAML frontmatter to `~/meetings/`. Any AI you use (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) reads your transcripts directly. MIT licensed, Rust.

Install via Homebrew on macOS or Cargo anywhere. Pick a Whisper model (75MB to 3.1GB by accuracy). Optional Parakeet or Apple Speech backends if Whisper falls short. Cloud summarization is opt-in. Default is everything stays on your machine.

Pick this if you record a lot of conversations and want them grep-able from your terminal. Solo: free, fast, private. Small teams sharing notes: works because the format is plain markdown in a folder. Large teams paying $18/mo per seat for Granola get richer summaries; if you don't care, you save the subscription.

The catch: Granola, Otter, and Fathom invest in summary quality and live note-taking UX. Minutes gives you the substrate; you bring the AI prompts. If you want polished summaries delivered automatically, the SaaS tools win. If you want plaintext you own forever, this wins.