ExtraBrain

What it does

ExtraBrain is a free macOS AI copilot for live interviews, system design rounds, debugging calls, and technical meetings. It runs as a private overlay visible to you, can stay out of macOS screen recordings/screen sharing where supported, listens/transcribes, reads selected screen context, and gives concise real-time analysis with local transcription, BYO providers, custom endpoints, and built-in profiles.

Free Mac AI interview assistant and meeting copilot with live transcription, local-first privacy, on-device AI powered by Gemma, and BYO providers.

ExtraBrain is a free, local-first desktop AI interview and meeting copilot. It helps engineers, candidates, students, founders, and meeting leads follow live conversations with transcription, screen-aware context , on-device AI powered by Gemma, BYO AI providers , and privacy controls . Available for Mac today, with Windows and Linux planned. Built for high-stakes live thinking. Free, local-first desktop AI interview and meeting copilot. Available for Mac today, with on-device AI powered by Gemma and provider access you control. ExtraBrain turns live audio, transcript text, screenshots, and selected context into organized prompts, answer structures, and session memory while keeping provider…from extrabrain.app

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