Source-available, fully local meeting transcription that fits your memory system.
Agrapha are the sayings of Socrates and Jesus that were never written down. This app exists so yours aren't.
Records your calls. Transcribes on-device with Whisper. Delivers structured output — key points, decisions, action items, full transcript — to your memory system. Your audio never leaves your machine.
Download Agrapha.dmg from releases. Mount, drag to Applications.
macOS will warn about an unidentified developer on first launch. Right-click → Open to proceed, or run:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Agrapha.app
brew tap tstapler/agrapha
brew install --cask agraphaRequires macOS 12+, JDK 17+.
git clone https://github.com/tstapler/agrapha
cd agrapha
./gradlew :composeApp:packageReleaseDmg
# Output: composeApp/build/compose/binaries/main-release/dmg/Agrapha-1.0.0.dmgTo run without packaging:
./gradlew :composeApp:run- Open Agrapha → Settings → download a Whisper model.
distil-large-v3recommended (1.45 GB). - Grant microphone permission when prompted.
- Grant screen recording permission: System Settings → Privacy → Screen Recording. Required for system audio capture.
- Start a call → click Record → structured summary appears when the call ends.
- Captures both audio channels: microphone via CoreAudio JNI, system audio via ScreenCaptureKit JNI.
- Transcribes locally with Whisper.cpp via JNI. Runs on Apple Neural Engine via CoreML.
- Optional: speaker diarization via pyannote.audio. Requires a Hugging Face token for initial model download.
- Optional: transcript correction via a configured LLM (Ollama, OpenAI, or Anthropic).
- Summarizes with the configured LLM. Produces key points, decisions, and action items.
- Exports to Logseq or any configured target.
Stack: Kotlin Multiplatform · Compose Desktop · SQLDelight · Whisper.cpp JNI · ScreenCaptureKit · pyannote.audio
Supports Apple Silicon and Intel. Fully auditable — every line is in this repo.
Logseq — Set your wiki path in Settings. Meeting notes export as journal entries with [[links]].
Obsidian, plain markdown, custom scripts — Planned. Contributions welcome.
| Agrapha | talat | Granola | MacWhisper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $49 | Subscription | Paid |
| Local-first | Yes | Yes | No (cloud) | Yes |
| Source-available | Yes (ELv2) | No | No | No |
| Live capture | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (file import) |
| System audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Memory system export | Yes | No | No | No |
It's talat but source-available. Everything runs on your machine, the output goes wherever you want it, and you can read every line of the code.
Most wanted:
- Integration targets (Obsidian, Notion, plain markdown)
- Non-macOS audio backends (Linux PipeWire, Windows WASAPI)
- LLM provider integrations
Elastic License 2.0 — see LICENSE. Free to use, modify, and distribute for non-SaaS purposes.