Question 1

Is Nootle free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Nootle is completely free and open source under the MIT license. You can download it from GitHub, inspect the source code, and contribute to development. If Nootle saves you time, you can optionally support development through GitHub Sponsors.

Question 2

Does Nootle send my meetings to the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Recording and transcription are always local — meeting audio is never uploaded, and transcripts are stored only on your Mac. AI summaries and chat use whichever provider you choose: pick Ollama to keep everything on-device, or OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, OpenRouter, or AWS Bedrock to send transcript context to that provider with your own API key. Nootle is fully local end-to-end only when you use a local AI model.

Question 3

What meeting apps does Nootle support?

Accepted Answer

Nootle auto-detects meetings on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. It captures both your microphone input and system audio output, so it works with any conferencing app that plays audio through your Mac's speakers or headphones.

Question 4

What macOS version does Nootle require?

Accepted Answer

Nootle requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later on Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4). Intel Macs are not supported. The app requires Microphone and Screen Recording permissions to capture meeting audio.

Question 5

How does the AI chat feature work?

Accepted Answer

After a meeting is transcribed, you can ask questions about the conversation in natural language. Nootle sends the transcript context to your chosen AI provider — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock, or a local model via Ollama — using your own API key. The transcript itself stays on your Mac; only the relevant context is sent when you ask a question.

Question 6

What integrations does Nootle support?

Accepted Answer

Nootle integrates with Slack, Notion, Confluence, GitHub, Linear, Asana, Obsidian, and email. After a meeting, you can automatically push summaries, action items, and notes to any connected tool. You can also use the CLI or MCP server to build custom workflows.

Question 7

How accurate is the transcription?

Accepted Answer

Nootle uses Parakeet, a state-of-the-art speech recognition model running via ONNX Runtime. Nootle splits audio where people pause, so whole sentences are transcribed together, and after each meeting it compares every speaker's voice across the whole recording to tell people apart. Accuracy depends on audio quality.

Question 8

Can I search across past meetings?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Nootle includes AI-powered semantic search that lets you query your entire meeting history. Instead of scrolling through transcripts, ask a question like "What did we decide about the Q2 roadmap?" and Nootle finds the relevant passages across all your recorded meetings.

	Where it goes
Session audio	Nowhere. It stays on your Mac.
Transcripts	Stored only on your Mac. Sent to an AI provider only to write summaries or answer questions, and with Local-only mode only to local models.
Summaries and chat	The AI provider you choose. With Local-only mode, only local models on your Mac.
Voice fingerprints	Only created if you turn on Remember voices. Stored on your Mac and deletable.
Analytics and crash reports	None. The app doesn’t send them.

Private session notes for clinicians

Keep session content where you can see it

Session audio stays on your Mac

You control where any AI processing happens

No bot in the session

A consent reminder every time

Nothing reports back

What leaves your Mac

Questions

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