Free · On-Device · Open sourceGet Oats for your notes.
The free, open-source meeting-notes app for your Mac. Jot a few lines; Oats turns them into clear, complete notes from what was actually said — and no bot ever joins your call.
Free forever · Local model or Ariso account · No bot in your meetings
Roadmap is at risk of slipping; the team aligned on a firm ship date and locked the new pricing.
- Sarah: Own the API rework, unblock by Fri
- Team: Confirm Aug 12 ship date
Notes that write themselves.
Jot a few lines
Take notes like you always would — a word here, a fragment there. No structure required.
Oats listens — no bot
It captures the conversation right on your Mac. Nothing joins the call. Works with any meeting app, or in person.
Get notes that write themselves
Oats merges your jots with what was actually said into clean, structured notes — summary, decisions, action items.
Everything you want from meeting notes. Nothing you don’t.
No bot, ever
Captures audio on your machine — no awkward “Recording” bot dropping into the call.
Works everywhere
Zoom, Meet, Teams, a phone call, a hallway chat. If you can hear it, Oats can note it.
Grounded in what was said
Notes come from the real transcript, not a guess. Your jots steer; the conversation fills in.
Ask your meetings
Search and question everything you’ve captured — “what did we decide about pricing?”
Private by default
Your audio and notes stay on your terms. Run a local model, or connect your Ariso account — nothing leaks to a third-party cloud.
Truly open source
Every line is public. Read it, fork it, self-host it, ship your own features.
The open alternative for your meeting notes.
Most note-takers want your meetings in their cloud, on their plan. Oats flips it: free, open, and yours.
Free, forever
No seats, no trial timer, no paywall waiting at meeting #6.
Local, or your Ariso account
Run a fully local model, or connect your Ariso account. Your conversations never become someone else’s product.
Inspect every line
Fully open source. Audit it, trust it, change it.
No lock-in
Export anything, owe nothing, leave whenever.
Get Oats for your notes.
Free, open source, and on your Mac in a minute.