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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Collate
A Mac app that reads your PDFs with an on-device AI model, so you can ask questions, get summaries and jump to cited pages.
Since 2024
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Meetily
Records, transcribes and summarises your meetings on your own computer, so audio and notes never go to the cloud.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Unfoldly
A Mac app that indexes the folders you pick on your own machine so you can find photos, video clips and answers by describing them.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Prismical
Records meeting audio and voice memos without a bot joining, then turns them into transcripts, summaries and action items.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Summit AI Notes
Mac app that records client calls and makes transcripts, summaries and action items on the device, with no cloud upload.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Law firms
- VelocityNote
A light Markdown notebook that keeps notes on your device, with optional sync and AI models that run locally.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- SurfSense
A private research notebook on your own computer that answers questions about your files and turns them into reports.
Notes and knowledge
- Muesli
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine and writes up meeting transcripts automatically.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Local Transcriber
Free Mac menu bar tool that transcribes meetings, calls and dictation on the device and can turn them into minutes.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- OmniForge
Records and summarises meetings on your own computer without a bot, then answers questions across recordings and documents.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge
- Parrot
Mac app that records your calls without a bot, transcribes them on your machine and suggests answers from your files.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge
- AutoDoc
A Mac and Windows app that records meeting audio and screen, then writes searchable notes on your own computer with no bot.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- Jot
Encrypted notes app that stores everything on your device and includes a local AI helper, with no account needed.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notechat
A Mac app that lets you ask questions about your Apple Notes, with the AI model running on your own machine.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families