Initial Hobnob Release
Hobnob 1.0.1
Local meeting notes, no cloud required.
Features
- Live captions — real-time Whisper transcription during meetings (base.en model)
- Speaker labels — "Me" (mic) vs "Them" (system audio) — one channel per speaker, baked in from the audio level
- Final high-accuracy transcript — Whisper large-v3-turbo pass after recording ends
- LLM summaries — structured meeting notes with Overview, Decisions, Action Items, and Open Questions (Gemma 4 E4B)
- Live chat — ask questions about the meeting while it's still in progress
- Topic detection — every few minutes, suggestions of what's being discussed
- Notes pane — timestamped scratchpad that feeds into the final summary
- Calendar integration — auto-titles meetings from macOS EventKit or Google OAuth
- Hearth sidebar — upcoming events with one-click Join; past meetings with summary previews
- 5-minute reminders — notification before your next meeting
- Output artifacts — every meeting produces a .wav, .md (formatted transcript + summary), and .meeting.json
- First-run wizard — guided setup on first launch (storage, microphone, calendar)
- Self-check dashboard — health check for models, microphones, and storage
- Dual-channel WAV recording — mic + system audio in a single stereo file
Platform support
| Platform | Installer | Auto-update |
|---|---|---|
| macOS (arm64) | Hobnob-mac.zip |
Via latest-mac.yml |
| Linux | .AppImage, .deb, .pacman |
Via latest-linux.yml |
Privacy
Everything runs locally. No cloud accounts, no API keys, no data leaving your machine. Open source (PolyForm Shield).
Requirements
- macOS 13+ (Ventura) or modern Linux distribution
- 8 GB RAM recommended
- 8 GB free disk for model downloads (first run)