fastrepl/anarlog

• highreadme#1

  Reposition README's opening to explicitly state its primary function

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  > **Note:** The team is now building **char**. **anarlog** remains open-source, MIT-licensed, and maintained as the local-first meeting notetaker in this repo.
  
  [](https://deepwiki.com/fastrepl/anarlog)
  
  # anarlog
  
  An open-source AI meeting notetaker that is local-first, privacy-first, and yours to fork.
  
  Granola, rearranged.

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  # anarlog: Your Local-First AI Meeting Notetaker
  
  **anarlog** is an open-source, privacy-first AI meeting notetaker that runs entirely on your device. It's designed as a local-first alternative to cloud-based tools like Granola, giving you full control over your data and AI models.
  
  > **Note:** While the team is now building **char**, **anarlog** remains actively maintained as the local-first meeting notetaker in this repository.

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• highabout#2

  Update repository description for clarity

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  Open source Granola AI Alternative

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  Local-first, open-source AI meeting notetaker with on-device transcription and bring-your-own LLM support.

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• mediumtopics#3

  Add more specific topics

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  local-first, notetaking, open-source, react, rust, tauri, typescript

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  local-first, notetaking, open-source, react, rust, tauri, typescript, ai, llm, transcription, meeting-notes, privacy-first

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• CATEGORY QUERY

  I need an open-source AI meeting notetaker that keeps all data local and private.

  you: not recommended
  AI recommended (in order):

  1. Whisper Desktop (ggerganov/whisper.cpp)
  2. Joplin (laurent22/joplin)
  3. Vosk Speech Recognition Toolkit (alphacep/vosk-api)
  4. whisper.cpp (ggerganov/whisper.cpp)
  5. Mozilla DeepSpeech (mozilla/DeepSpeech)

  AI recommended 5 alternatives but never named fastrepl/anarlog. This is the gap to close.

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• CATEGORY QUERY

  What are some good local-first meeting transcription tools with bring-your-own LLM support?

  you: not recommended
  AI recommended (in order):

  1. Whisper.cpp (ggerganov/whisper.cpp)
  2. llama.cpp (ggerganov/llama.cpp)
  3. Ollama (ollama/ollama)
  4. Python `whisper` library (openai/whisper)
  5. LocalAI (mudler/LocalAI)
  6. MacWhisper (jordibruin/macwhisper)
  7. Buzz (chidiwilliams/buzz)
  8. transformers (huggingface/transformers)
  9. openai-whisper (openai/whisper)
  10. llama-cpp-python (abetlen/llama-cpp-python)
  11. Vosk (alphacep/vosk-api)
  12. Kaldi (kaldi-asr/kaldi)

  AI recommended 12 alternatives but never named fastrepl/anarlog. This is the gap to close.

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• Metadata completeness

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• README presence

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• Compared to common alternatives in this category, what is the core differentiator of fastrepl/anarlog?

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• If a team adopts fastrepl/anarlog in production, what risks or prerequisites should they evaluate first?

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• In one sentence, what problem does the repo fastrepl/anarlog solve, and who is the primary audience?

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