Don’t trust us. Read the code.
Wisprnote AI is a free, open-source meeting intelligence app for macOS, published under AGPL-3.0. Everything we say about where your recordings go is something you can verify in the source — or change, or fork.
macOS app · Windows & Linux coming soon
An open-source meeting recorder is a different proposition
Meeting tools hear everything — strategy, salaries, customers, legal exposure. That is an unusual amount of trust to extend to software you cannot inspect.
Privacy you can check
Every meeting tool claims it respects your data. Ours is the only claim you can confirm by reading the storage and sync code yourself.
No lock-in
Your recordings and transcripts live on your Mac in open formats. If the project ever stopped, your data and a buildable app would both still be yours.
Fork-ready
AGPL-3.0 gives you the right to modify and redistribute Wisprnote. Build the meeting tool your team actually needs.
Auditable by security teams
Procurement and security reviews can read the code rather than fill in a questionnaire about it.
What is actually published
The repository contains the complete macOS desktop application — not a cut-down “community edition” with the useful parts held back. It is a Tauri application: a TypeScript and React front end with a Rust core handling audio capture and local storage.
That includes the recording pipeline, the transcription integration, summary and action-item extraction, the cross-meeting knowledge graph, semantic search, the AI chat layer, and the Jira and GitHub integrations. The licence, the contributor agreement and the security policy are all in the repository root.
What AGPL-3.0 actually means for you
The licence is often misread as anti-commercial. It is not — it is reciprocal.
Using Wisprnote at work is unrestricted. Installing it, recording your meetings, rolling it out across a whole company — none of that triggers any obligation. Internal use is not distribution.
Modifying it is allowed. Change anything you like. If you keep those changes to yourself, you owe nothing.
Redistribution is where reciprocity applies. If you hand a modified Wisprnote to other people, or run a modified version as a network service they use, you must make your modified source available to them under AGPL-3.0 as well. This is the clause that keeps the project open rather than becoming someone else’s closed product.
If those terms genuinely do not work for your situation — embedding Wisprnote in a proprietary product, for instance — a separate commercial licence is available. Email hello@wisprbee.com.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an open source AI meeting notes app?
Yes — Wisprnote AI. The complete macOS application is published under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 at github.com/migavel508/wisprnote-AI. It records and transcribes meetings, generates summaries with decisions and action items, builds a cross-meeting knowledge graph, and integrates with Jira and GitHub. Most alternatives in this category — Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom — are closed-source, cloud-hosted subscriptions.
Is Wisprnote AI free?
Yes, entirely. There is no paid tier, no trial period, no seat limit and no credit card. You can download the macOS build or compile it yourself from source.
What licence is Wisprnote AI released under?
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). It lets you run the software for any purpose, study and modify the source, and redistribute it — including commercially. Its reciprocal condition is that if you distribute a modified version, or run one as a network service that other people use, you must offer those users your modified source under the same licence.
Can I use an AGPL-licensed app commercially?
Yes. The AGPL does not restrict commercial use. Running Wisprnote inside a company — including across an entire organisation — creates no source-sharing obligation at all, because that is use, not distribution. The obligation is triggered only by distributing a modified version or exposing one to users over a network.
Can I self-host or build Wisprnote AI myself?
Yes. Clone the repository and build the Tauri application locally. It is written in TypeScript and Rust, and the build instructions are in the repository README. Recordings are stored on your own machine by default, so no server is required for normal use.
What is the catch if the software is free?
There is not one for ordinary users. The project is funded by commercial licences sold to organisations that need terms other than the AGPL — typically those embedding Wisprnote in a proprietary product or running a modified version as a hosted service — and by optional hosted add-ons. The application itself remains free and open source.
Can I use the Wisprnote name and logo in my fork?
No. The code is AGPL-3.0, but the Wisprnote name and logo are trademarks and are not covered by the code licence. Forks are free to use the source; they need a different name and mark.
How do I contribute to Wisprnote AI?
Open an issue or a pull request on GitHub. Contributions are accepted under the contributor licence agreement described in CONTRIBUTING.md, which is what makes the dual AGPL-and-commercial licensing possible. Security issues should follow SECURITY.md rather than a public issue.
Free to use. Free to read. Free to fork.
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Free and open source under AGPL-3.0 · read the source on GitHub