Minutes

Spec sheet

Product

Minutes records and transcribes meetings, voice memos, and dictation locally, then lets AI assistants search the history you choose to share.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Audience

Minutes presents itself as a local notetaker and conversation memory layer for people who want searchable meeting records and agent access to them.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · useminutes.app

Integrations

Minutes provides 34 MCP tools and names Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, and other MCP clients among the supported assistants.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Privacy

Capture, transcription, and storage run locally; optional cloud assistants or summarizers may receive authorized meeting context.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Compliance

The maker says local processing is not a compliance certification and that Minutes is a disclosure aid, not legal advice.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Account requirement

Minutes does not require an account to capture and store conversations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Action-item tracking

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · useminutes.app

AI summaries

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · useminutes.app

Dictation

Dictation supports natural or literal text and can insert it at the cursor or save it to a daily note.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

File permissions

The security page says Markdown records are written to disk with 0600 owner-only permissions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Limits

The download page lists Mac and Windows installs; it says the first launch downloads a speech model.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

LLM options

For summarization, Minutes supports Ollama, OpenAI-compatible gateways, local servers, or no summarizer; cloud assistants receive context you authorize.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Local files

It stores conversations as plain Markdown files with YAML frontmatter on your own disk.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Meeting notes

The app can structure action items, decisions, and commitments into queryable Markdown.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Meeting recording

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · useminutes.app

Searchable archive

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · useminutes.app

Speaker labels

Local pyannote diarization separates speakers in multi-person meetings.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Transcription

Transcription runs on-device using Whisper or Parakeet, depending on platform and installed models.Read 11 Oct 2026 · useminutes.app

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Meeting Notes Software#57 of 1128.0