# Anarlog

> Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad with no bot

Anarlog is an open-source meeting notepad for macOS, Windows and Linux. It records system audio and the microphone on your own computer, so nothing joins the call, and keeps notes, transcripts and recordings on the device by default. Transcription and summaries can run on local models, on your own API keys or on Anarlog's hosted AI. It was previously called Hyprnote and then Char.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Fastrepl (since 2025)
- **Website:** https://anarlog.so
- **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Anarlog has a free plan. Paid plans start at $14 per person / month, or $140 per person / year.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited on-device transcription using local models or your own API keys, local recordings, notes, templates, chat and exports, plus a local API, CLI and MCP.
- **Free trial:** 2-week Pro trial that does not charge automatically when it ends.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited on-device transcription, local recordings, your own keys for speech-to-text and AI, notes, templates, chat, exports, and a local API, CLI and MCP. |
| Pro | $14 per person / month, or $140 per person / year | Hosted transcription and AI, system-wide dictation, end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, note sharing, integrations, automations and shared workspaces. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Pro, plus domain SSO and SCIM, sharing, retention and consent policies, audit visibility and a customer-hosted data plane. |

Read from https://anarlog.so/pricing/ on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Anarlog before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly Pro costs $140 instead of $168** (Annual discount): Pro is listed at $14 per person a month or $140 per person a year, so paying yearly costs the same as ten months at the monthly rate. Source: https://anarlog.so/pricing/

## Key features

- **Bot-free capture:** Records system audio and the microphone directly, so nothing appears in the participant list and no calendar access is needed. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and in-person talks.
- **Local-first storage:** Notes and transcripts live in a SQLite database on your device and recordings are local files. You can use it without an account and export to Markdown.
- **Your choice of AI:** Run local models through Ollama or LM Studio, bring your own keys for providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepgram, or use hosted AI on Pro. Local models work offline.
- **Summaries built on your notes:** After a meeting, Anarlog merges what you typed with the transcript into an editable summary. Pro adds custom summary formats and custom dictionaries.
- **Chat, CLI and MCP:** Search across meetings and ask questions of your transcripts in chat. The same data is reachable from a command-line tool, an MCP server and webhooks on the Free plan.
- **Sync, sharing and automations:** Pro adds end-to-end encrypted sync across 3 personal devices, shareable notes, shared workspaces, and automations that post to Slack, Notion and Linear.

## Good for

- People who need meeting notes kept on their own device
- Organizations that do not allow meeting bots or cloud notetakers
- Developers who want open-source code, a CLI and an MCP server
- Teams that work on Linux as well as macOS and Windows

## Worth knowing

- There is no mobile app yet. The download page says the iPhone, iPad and Android apps launch in October.
- Hosted transcription and AI, dictation, sync, sharing and automations need Pro. Free relies on local models or your own paid API keys.
- Shared notes and the Cloud API keep a server-readable copy, unlike Cloud Sync, which is end-to-end encrypted.
- Speaker labeling is manual on the Free plan; better speaker identification is a Pro feature.

## Works with

Slack, Notion, Linear, HubSpot, Attio, Pipedrive, Ollama, LM Studio

**Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, Open source, Local-first, Works offline, Chat assistant

## Alternatives

- [Granola](https://toolgpa.com/tools/granola): AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anarlog-vs-granola)
- [Meetily](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meetily): Open-source meeting recorder that transcribes on your device. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anarlog-vs-meetily)
- [Jamie](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jamie): Bot-free AI note taker with EU data hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anarlog-vs-jamie)
- [Quill Meetings](https://toolgpa.com/tools/quill-meetings): Local-first AI meeting notes recorded without a bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anarlog-vs-quill-meetings)
- [Krisp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krisp): Noise cancellation and bot-free AI meeting notes in one app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anarlog-vs-krisp)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://anarlog.so/
- https://anarlog.so/pricing/
- https://anarlog.so/download
- https://anarlog.so/about/
- https://anarlog.so/terms/
- https://docs.anarlog.so/automations.md
- https://docs.anarlog.so/contacts.md

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