Frigade · 2026-11-11 · notable
Yogurt — a free, open-source Granola alternative that runs on your computer
In short
Yogurt is a free, MIT-licensed meeting-notes app for Mac, Windows and Linux. It records calls without a bot, then transcribes and summarizes them with AI models that run on your own computer.
Frigade · 2026-11-11 · 3 sources checked
Bot-free meeting notes where the transcript, the summary and the AI all stay on your own machine.
Key specs
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What is it?
Yogurt is a desktop app from Frigade that records your microphone and computer audio during a call, so no bot joins the meeting. You add your own notes while you talk; after the call, Yogurt merges them with the conversation into one set of notes and lets you ask questions about the meeting. Its maker launched it on Hacker News on November 11, 2026 as an open-source alternative to Granola.
How does it work?
Transcription runs on device with whisper.cpp, or with Apple's SpeechAnalyzer on Macs that support it. Summaries and answers come from a local open-weight model run through llama.cpp, which the app picks and downloads from Hugging Face to fit your hardware. After that one-time download, the models work offline, and a local MCP server can share notes with other AI apps.
Why does it matter?
Most popular AI note-takers send meeting audio to a cloud service and require an account. Yogurt keeps recordings, transcripts and notes in a local folder with no telemetry, which matters for teams that cannot upload sensitive calls. The trade-off is hardware: it needs at least 8 GB of memory, and calendar and speaker names are Mac-only for now.
Who is it for?
people who want AI meeting notes without uploading their calls
Try it
https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/yogurt/releases/latest