Humla
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Humla, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Humla's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Local | Free | Full app on one Mac · no account · mic and system audio recording · on-device Whisper and speaker ID · OpenAI, Deepgram, or Groq with your key · summary presets and custom prompts · Free · forever |
| Self-host | Free | Bring your own PocketBase server · every team feature · no subscription gate · Free · your own server |
| Humla Cloud | $5 a month | Hosted team sync · shared workspaces and folders · managed hosting · 14-day free trial · $5 / user / month |
The facts
Each one read from Humla's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI options
- The app supports on-device Whisper and speaker ID, or OpenAI, Deepgram, and Groq using the user's own key.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data collection
- Humla says it sends a few anonymous setup counters at most once per install, with no identifier or meeting data, and the counters can be disabled in settings.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists OpenAI, Deepgram, Groq, and Ollama as provider or local-model options; it says the product has no app integrations such as Slack or CRM.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Meeting capture
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Meeting history chat
- Chat searches meeting history and answers with citations linking back to source notes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- Humla currently runs on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 13 or later; the site says there is no Windows or web version yet.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 5checked 20 Sep 2026
- Privacy and security
- The site says local transcription and summaries can stay on the Mac, and API keys are stored in the macOS Keychain rather than plaintext.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Humla is an open-source AI notepad for Mac that records meetings and produces recaps.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Recording
- It records both sides through macOS without a bot joining the call, and fills in a live transcript.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Teams can use their own PocketBase server to get all team features without a subscription and keep data in their own region and storage.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Summaries
- Users can choose summary presets or custom prompts to create outputs such as client recaps and action lists.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Summaries and action items
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Supported languages
- The site says Humla handles around 100 languages supported by Whisper, plus a local Norwegian model.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Transcription
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Transcription languages
- 99checked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site describes Humla as made with care in Norway.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Team sync
- Humla Cloud syncs notes and shares workspaces while transcription and summaries run on the user's providers or device; it does not sync keys.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Meeting platforms
- Zoom,Google Meet,Microsoft Teams,Webexchecked 20 Sep 2026
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