MeetingBro
The facts below are what the maker publishes about MeetingBro, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From MeetingBro's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| MeetingBro | Free | Open-source · MIT license |
The facts
Each one read from MeetingBro's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio capture limits
- Microphone capture is supported on Windows, macOS, and Linux; system audio is native on Windows and requires loopback setup on macOS and Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audio setup limits
- Windows supports system audio natively, while macOS needs a virtual loopback device and Multi-Output Device and Linux needs PulseAudio or PipeWire loopback setup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Exports and history
- Users can export transcripts, summaries, and notes to Markdown and revisit, re-export, or delete past meetings in the in-app history browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Fast captions
- An optional streaming preview can show captions in about 1.5 seconds using the existing Whisper model, with the main transcript correcting the preview.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker's quick-start instructions use terminal install and start scripts and list Python 3.12+ and Node.js 20+ as requirements for those scripts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker lists students, professionals attending meetings in a second language, researchers needing multilingual transcripts, privacy-conscious users, and developers as intended users.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Live translation and optional translated subtitles support Chinese, English, and German.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is released under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- LLM integrations
- Optional LLM providers include OpenAI, Groq, Mistral AI, OpenRouter, Together AI, and Ollama; Ollama can run locally.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Meeting capture
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Meeting compatibility
- It captures computer audio to work with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, BBB, and other meeting platforms without a platform plugin or meeting API connection.checked 12 Oct 2026
- No-key operation
- Transcription does not require an API key; without an LLM configured, summaries fall back to local heuristics.checked 11 Oct 2026
- No-key use
- Transcription requires no API key; without an LLM configured, summaries fall back to local heuristics or keyword extraction.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Audio capture and Whisper transcription run on the user's machine, and only transcript text is sent to a configured LLM provider; with Ollama, the README says no data leaves the device.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- MeetingBro is an open-source, local-first AI meeting assistant for live transcription, translation, and meeting summaries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MeetingBro is an open-source, local-first AI meeting assistant for live transcription, translation, and meeting summaries.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The installation instructions require Python and Node.js, and the README says the Whisper model downloads automatically on first run.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Summaries and action items
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Summaries and notes
- The rolling summary refreshes automatically with the last 3–5 minutes, while the Meeting Board collects topics, decisions, action items, and open questions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Transcription
- Live speech-to-text uses Whisper running locally on the user's machine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Transcription languages
- 3checked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Meeting platforms
- Zoom,Microsoft Teams,Google Meet,BBB,and other platformschecked 20 Sep 2026
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