threadfork – AI meeting notes that run on your Mac
Hi HN, I built threadfork. It's an AI notetaker where the whole pipeline runs locally on Apple Silicon. Your microphone and system audio gets captured without a meeting bot and most importantly your meeting data doesn’t get sent or saved anywhere. I've been building in the privacy + local LLM space for the past several years (I started DataFog, an OSS PII detection library with 300K+ downloads); keeping all the processing and data on-device was a day 0 condition for me when building this out. Granola's updated privacy policy, effective later this week, keeps non-enterprise users opted into…
threadfork – AI meeting notes that run on your Mac launched on July 21, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,657 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Threadfork is an AI notetaker for Mac that captures microphone and system audio to generate meeting notes entirely on-device using Apple Silicon. The software processes all data locally without sending information to external servers or saving it anywhere, addressing privacy concerns for professionals like lawyers, consultants, and therapists who handle sensitive information. Unlike competitors that use de-identification techniques, threadfork keeps the entire pipeline—capture, processing, and storage—on the user's machine.
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From the sources
threadfork is a privacy-first way to use AI on your computer. today, you can: - record your meetings or mic audio and have it transcribed locally - use the built-in local LLM to summarize, extract key points, or ask follow-up questions about your conversation - call up a global command bar with a simple keyboard shortcut to ask questions about anything on screen or in your notes - OpenAI API support And lots more to come!
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threadfork records, transcribes, and connects every conversation on-device. No bot joins your calls, no audio touches the cloud — just a private knowledge base that compounds with every meeting. Sarah confirmed the Acme expansion is gated on their security review — Marcus owns the questionnaire and will return it by Friday. Renewal pricing for the current contract lands next week; Dana wants the usage data pulled before the call. One click — or let your calendar start it. Mic and system audio, so it works for Zoom, Meet, Teams, and the room you're sitting in. No bot joins the call. Local models transcribe, identify speakers, and extract summaries, commitments, and entities — on your…from threadfork.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I built threadfork. It's an AI notetaker where the whole pipeline runs locally on Apple Silicon. Your microphone and system audio gets captured without a meeting bot and most importantly your meeting data doesn’t get sent or saved anywhere. I've been building in the privacy + local LLM space for the past…
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Summit AI NotesMay 2026 · summitnotes.app · ▲38Summit is a local-first macOS app for meeting recording and transcription. All audio processing, transcription, and summarization happens on your Mac - nothing is sent to the cloud (unless you chose to). Built for privacy-sensitive work such as NDAs, legal, healthcare, consulting. Features: - Works with any call app: zoom, meet, teams, etc. - Automatic call detection - On-device speaker identification - Custom summary templates (decisions, action items, notes) - Supports online and in-person meetings Would love feedback from people who care about local-first software and privacy.
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