Local-first Meetily (32K stars) and AI search Vane (38K stars) as open-source alternatives
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-29
alexverem's open-source-alternatives series features Meetily (32K stars), which records meetings and writes notes and summaries with audio never leaving your laptop, and Vane (38K stars, formerly Perplexica), a local AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources while keeping searches on your machine. They position themselves against Otter/Granola and Perplexity respectively.
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