Privacy
Privacy is the whole point.
Most meeting tools ask you to trust a privacy policy. Ghosty Notes lets you verify one. Audio never leaves your device, and in free mode nothing does.
Audio never leaves your Mac
Recording and transcription happen on-device with local Whisper. The audio is never uploaded, in any mode.
Free mode makes zero network calls
Local transcription plus a local model. Nothing is sent anywhere, so there is nothing to leak, subpoena, or breach.
Your notes are files you own
Every meeting is plain markdown in a folder you choose. No lock-in, no cloud account holding your history hostage.
Exactly what happens in each mode
Free / local
- Audio stays on device
- Transcript stays on device
- Summaries generated by a local model
- Network zero calls
Pro / cloud
- Audio still never leaves the device
- Transcript text goes only to the model you pick
- Provider terms no training on your content
- Calendar synced via your chosen provider
Verify it. Don't just trust it.
Ghosty Notes is source-available. You, or your security team, can read exactly what it does - confirm there is no telemetry, no silent cloud hop, no hidden upload. A privacy promise you can audit is worth more than one you have to believe.
Working where the cloud is not allowed
Because audio and, in free mode, everything stays on your machine, Ghosty Notes fits workflows where cloud meeting tools are simply off the table. We do not make legal compliance claims for you - your obligations depend on your jurisdiction and your counsel, and you are responsible for getting consent to record where it is required. What we give you is a tool where "nothing left the device" is a verifiable fact, not marketing.
The things we will never do.
- Never put a bot in your call.
- Never train AI on your meetings.
- Never cap your free local meetings.
- Never hide the cancel button.
- Never send your audio anywhere.
The note-taker that was never in the room.
Free, local, and yours. Record your next meeting on your own Mac.
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