Otter, Fireflies, Fathom
A bot in the room
- An extra participant. Someone has to accept.
- The audio goes to their server. Then the invoice arrives.
- The client sees it. The call changes.

Otter, Fireflies and Granola charge you and send a bot. DroidNote is open source, runs on this Windows PC and keeps the audio on this disk.
Open source, free, Windows 10/11, no account
Windows
Available now
Mac
Coming soon
Mobile
Coming soon
Microphone
System audio
Note
MinutesDecisions
Follow-ups
Fireflies, Fathom and Granola show up in the grid and send the audio to the cloud. Here the code is public, the app is free and nobody extra joins the meeting.
A bot in the room
Open source on this PC
Dictation uses the microphone only. Lecture and meeting also capture system audio, whatever already leaves the headset.
Your voice on this PC. Ideas, reminders, anything you do not want mixed into the call.
Zoom, Meet, Teams, YouTube, the lecture in the player. No virtual cable. No bot in the room.
Whisper and Ollama on this disk. DroidWerk never receives your audio. OpenAI only comes in if you paste your own key.
Audio, transcript and notes on this PC. No subscription. You turn WAV on or off in Preferences.Default
Audio on this PC
Whisper / Ollama
File on this disk
C:\Users\…\droidNote
# Kickoff, notes without a bot
## Decisions
Windows installer now. Mac and mobile are not ready yet. The repository is public.
Record other people only with consent
The app listens to the microphone and, if enabled, system audio. It does not notify other participants. No account. Local WAV is optional.
Open source, a DroidWerk product