Oats
Oats is a desktop application that runs entirely on your Mac to generate clean meeting notes without any bot joining the call. It listens locally, lets you jot key points, then combines your notes with an on-device or cloud transcript to produce polished write-ups. Users can choose local models (Whisper + Ollama) or bring their own API keys for Claude, Gemini or OpenAI. All data stays on the device.
FreeWebmacOS
Overview
5 featuresOats is an Other productivity project. It focuses on taking comprehensive meeting notes while keeping all conversation data private on your own device. Oats is a consumer product aimed at professionals and teams. Oats costs nothing to use. It runs on the web and macOS.
It is developed by Oats, and it first shipped in 2025. Among its 5 catalogued features are local transcription, speaker identification, and note blending.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Local transcription
- Speaker identification
- Note blending
- Export notes
- Bring your own model
Tags
meeting-noteslocal-aitranscription-toolprivacy-first
AI capabilities
TextAudio
Inference: Hybrid
Built with & integrations
Hosting
Vercel
AI providers
openaigoogle_geminianthropiclocal_oss
Runs on
BrowsermacOS
Detected from
- openai
- dall- in the HTML
- Vercel
- x-vercel-id header · x-vercel-cache header
- local_oss
- bollama in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Verified signals
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed24 Jul · 07:41 UTCShow HN: 100% Free, private meeting notes that never leave your Mac verified against its public sourceSource: PulseGate · Open
Frequently asked questions about Oats
- What does Oats do?
- Oats focuses on taking comprehensive meeting notes while keeping all conversation data private on your own device. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
- Who is Oats for?
- Oats is a consumer product built for professionals and teams.
- Does Oats have a free plan?
- Yes — Oats is free to use.
- What platforms does Oats run on?
- Oats runs on the web and macOS.
- Is Oats still active?
- Unverified. Oats has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What projects are similar to Oats?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SILAKAN, Timely, and WP Sort Order.SILAKANTimelyWP Sort Order
- Who develops Oats?
- Oats is developed by Oats.
- When did Oats launch?
- Oats first shipped in 2025.
Also in Other productivity
Same category — not a similarity match