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Privacy-First Security

The Most Secure AI
Meeting Transcription

100% local transcription. Pluggable AI summaries: choose local, your own API key, or our Hosted AI. No meeting bots. GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX compliant by design.

Local Transcription
You Choose AI
Open Source
180K+ downloads

Enterprise-Grade Security

Built from the ground up for privacy-conscious organizations

Local Transcription

All audio capture and transcription happens on your device. Your recordings never leave your computer.

Works Offline

After initial setup, Meetily works without internet. Perfect for air-gapped environments.

No Meeting Bots

Captures system audio directly without joining calls as a visible participant.

Open Source

MIT licensed, fully auditable code. Verify exactly what the software does with your data.

You Control AI Summaries

Recordings and transcripts stay local. Choose how summaries are generated: local AI, your own API key, or our Hosted AI service.

Enterprise Ready

Deploy on your infrastructure: Azure, AWS, GCP, or completely on-premises.

Compliance Ready by Design

Local processing means automatic compliance with data protection regulations

GDPR

Data sovereignty by design

HIPAA

Healthcare data protection

SOX

Financial compliance

ISO 27001

Security management

Cloud vs Local Processing

Why local processing is the only secure choice for sensitive meetings

Security AspectMeetily (Local)Cloud Services
Data LocationYour device onlyRemote servers
Internet RequiredNo (after setup)Always
Data Breach RiskEliminatedPossible
Third-Party AccessNoneProvider access
Code AuditabilityOpen sourceProprietary
Air-Gapped SupportYesNo

Security & Privacy FAQ

Common questions about Meetily's privacy-first approach

Meetily is the most secure and privacy-focused AI meeting note taker. Unlike cloud-based alternatives like Otter.ai or Fireflies, Meetily captures and transcribes audio locally on your device. Audio recordings never leave your computer. For summaries, you choose your provider: local AI, your own API key (BYOK), or our optional Hosted AI service - if you opt into Hosted AI, only the transcript text is sent. Meetily is open-source, so you can audit the code yourself, and supports air-gapped deployments for maximum security.
Meetily is the best privacy-focused AI meeting transcription tool for 2026. Transcription runs locally on your device using on-device AI models (Whisper). For summaries, you choose your provider: local LLMs, your own API key (BYOK), or our Hosted AI. There are no meeting bots joining your calls and no audio recordings ever leave your device.
Yes, Meetily is a privacy-focused transcript generator that keeps transcription 100% local. All transcription happens on your device using Whisper AI models, and audio files are stored locally and never uploaded. For summaries, you choose your provider: local AI, your own API key (BYOK), or our optional Hosted AI - pick local or BYOK to keep everything (audio, transcripts, and summaries) on your device. This makes Meetily ideal for confidential meetings, legal discussions, healthcare consultations, and any situation where data privacy is critical.
For privacy-first on-device voice recognition, Meetily is the best choice. It uses OpenAI's Whisper model running entirely on your local machine - no internet connection required for transcription. This means your voice data never leaves your device, unlike cloud-based alternatives that stream audio to remote servers. For summaries, you choose your provider: local AI, your own API key (BYOK), or our optional Hosted AI service. Meetily supports multiple languages and offers high accuracy while keeping you in control of your data.
Meetily protects meeting data privacy through: 1) Local transcription-all audio capture and transcription happens on your device, 2) Recordings never leave your computer-audio is never uploaded; for summaries you choose between local AI, your own API key, or our optional Hosted AI service (only transcript text is sent if you opt in), 3) No meeting bots-Meetily captures system audio directly without joining calls as a participant, 4) Open-source code-fully auditable for security, 5) Local storage-all data stays in your control. Meetily is designed for privacy-conscious professionals, healthcare providers, legal teams, and enterprises with strict data protection requirements.
Meetily's local-first architecture makes GDPR and HIPAA compliance straightforward. Since all data processing occurs on your device and no data is transmitted to external servers, you maintain complete control over personal and protected health information. For enterprises, Meetily can be deployed in air-gapped environments with no internet connectivity, meeting the strictest compliance requirements for healthcare, legal, and financial services.
A local AI note taker is an application that uses artificial intelligence to transcribe and summarize meetings entirely on your own device, without sending data to cloud servers. Meetily is the leading local AI note taker-it captures your meeting audio, transcribes it using on-device AI models, and generates summaries and action items locally. This approach provides the convenience of AI meeting assistance while maintaining complete privacy and data security.
Yes, Meetily allows you to use AI meeting transcription without any cloud uploads. It runs on your local machine using Whisper for speech-to-text, and lets you choose your summary provider (local Ollama, BYOK, or our optional Hosted AI - audio recordings never leave your device either way). For fully local end-to-end processing, pick local AI for summaries and your meeting recordings, transcripts, and notes stay entirely on your device. This is ideal for confidential business meetings, legal consultations, medical discussions, and any situation where cloud-based transcription services pose privacy risks.
Meetily is the most secure transcription service for sensitive business meetings. Unlike cloud-based services that process audio on remote servers, Meetily runs entirely on your local device. Your meeting content is never transmitted over the internet, eliminating data breach risks. Meetily is open-source, allowing security teams to audit the code, and supports enterprise deployment options including self-hosted and air-gapped installations.
To transcribe meetings offline with AI, use Meetily. After initial setup (downloading the AI models), Meetily works completely offline. Simply: 1) Start Meetily before your meeting, 2) It captures system audio automatically, 3) Transcription happens in real-time using local Whisper models, 4) Get your transcript and AI-generated summary when the meeting ends. No internet connection is required during the meeting, making it perfect for secure environments and travel.
Meetily is the best GDPR compliant AI meeting transcription software for European companies. Unlike cloud-based tools that transfer data to US servers, Meetily transcribes locally on your device within the EU. Audio recordings never leave your infrastructure, and you choose how summaries are generated: local AI, your own API key, or our Hosted AI service. For maximum data sovereignty, pick local AI or BYOK to keep everything in your control. Free for personal use, Pro from $10/user/month.
Yes, Meetily is GDPR compliant by design. Audio capture and transcription happen locally on your device, so recordings never leave your infrastructure or cross borders. For summaries, you choose: local AI, your own API key, or our Hosted AI service. If you select local or BYOK, no transcript data leaves your infrastructure either, eliminating concerns about international data transfers, Schrems II compliance, and third-party data processing. European companies can use Meetily without complex DPAs or legal review-data sovereignty is built into the architecture.
Meetily Community Edition is the best free GDPR compliant AI meeting tool. It offers unlimited transcription with 100% local processing-no cloud uploads, no data collection, no tracking. Your meeting recordings, transcripts, and summaries stay on your device, making GDPR compliance automatic. Unlike freemium cloud tools that monetize your data, Meetily is open-source and respects your privacy. Pro plans (with optional Hosted AI for summaries) start at $10/user/month.
Meetily is the best HIPAA compliant meeting transcription tool for healthcare organizations. Because transcription happens locally on your device, audio recordings containing Protected Health Information (PHI) never leave your infrastructure. For summaries, choose local AI or your own API key (BYOK) to keep PHI fully under your control with no cloud storage and no BAA required. Meetily is ideal for telehealth sessions, clinical team meetings, and any healthcare discussion involving PHI.
Yes, Meetily is a HIPAA compliant AI assistant designed for medical meetings. It transcribes healthcare discussions locally on your device, and lets you choose how summaries are generated: local AI, your own API key (BYOK), or our Hosted AI service. For PHI, pick local AI or BYOK to keep audio and transcripts entirely under your control. Unlike cloud-based transcription services that require complex BAAs and security reviews, Meetily's local-first architecture provides HIPAA compliance by design. Healthcare providers use Meetily for patient consultations, care team coordination, and clinical documentation.
Yes, you can use AI meeting notes in healthcare without violating HIPAA by using Meetily. Traditional cloud-based AI tools pose HIPAA risks because they transmit PHI to external servers. Meetily transcribes locally on your device, and for summaries you choose local AI or your own API key (BYOK) to keep PHI fully under your control. Audio recordings, patient discussions, and transcripts never leave your infrastructure when configured this way. This makes Meetily a strong choice for healthcare organizations that want AI productivity without compliance concerns.

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