Loofah is a free, open-source meeting transcription app for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later. Record without a bot, transcribe on-device, and keep your notes as Markdown files.
I wanted a meeting notetaker that did a few things well: transcribe locally, keep my notes as ordinary Markdown files, and stay out of the way. I couldn't find one without accounts, subscriptions, or a cloud service in the middle, so I built Loofah on anarlog.
There is no backend, account, billing, telemetry, or premium tier. Your notes live on your computer and remain usable without this app. If you want AI-generated summaries, connect your own LLM—OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, or another OpenAI-compatible provider.
This is software I built for my own day-to-day use. It may be rough around the edges, but if you want the same kind of tool, I hope it is useful to you too.
Download the signed and notarized Apple Silicon build using the button above. That link always points to the latest published version; previous versions are available on the releases page. You can also build it from source using the instructions below.
Open the app, start a session, and join your meeting. The app records and transcribes on your Mac, then saves the notes as Markdown in your vault.
- The files are yours. Notes and summaries are Markdown files you can read, search, edit, back up, or sync. Transcripts are stored as structured JSON; export a session when you want the transcript in Markdown too.
- Transcription stays local. Your meeting audio does not need to be sent to a transcription service.
- AI is optional and bring-your-own. Use a hosted provider or run a local model with Ollama or LM Studio.
- No account or tracking. Install the app and use it. There is nothing to sign up for.
- CLI and MCP support. The included
loofCLI and MCP server can give your scripts and coding agents read-only access to meeting notes through MCP. The CLI also creates notes, imports recordings, and saves agent work.
Read the first-meeting guide, prepare an offline workflow, or compare meeting tools.
This is a pnpm workspace containing a Tauri desktop app (apps/desktop/) and a
Rust CLI (apps/cli/). There is no database: the files in the vault are the
source of truth. The vault format lives in crates/vault-read/; the interface
uses Zustand for state and TipTap for editing.
To run it locally:
pnpm install
pnpm -F @hypr/desktop tauri:dev # run the desktop app
cargo build -p loof-cli # build the loof CLISee AGENTS.md for development notes, including formatting, typechecking, and code-style conventions.
MIT. See LICENSE for the complete license and copyright history, including the original anarlog copyright.