Overview

OpenOats is an open-source AI meeting assistant that provides real-time transcription and intelligently surfaces relevant information from your personal notes during calls. It runs dual-speaker transcription locally on your Mac and searches through your knowledge base of Markdown and text files to suggest contextual talking points. Hidden from screen-sharing by default so you can stay prepared without appearing distracted. Supports multiple LLM providers including OpenRouter cloud models and local Ollama for fully offline operation. API keys are stored securely in macOS Keychain.

Minimum macOS: 15.0 (Sequoia)

Architecture: Apple Silicon

Key Features

Real-time dual-speaker transcription running locally on your Mac
Intelligent knowledge base search to surface contextual talking points from your notes
Hidden from screen-sharing by default for discreet use during calls
Fully offline transcription — speech recognition runs entirely on device
Supports OpenRouter cloud models or local Ollama for zero network exposure
Point at folders of Markdown/text files for automatic chunking and embedding
Live transcript display with one-click copying
Automatic session logging as plain-text and structured formats
API keys stored securely in macOS Keychain