CallBro is a private, bot-free meeting-notes desktop app that transcribes your calls locally on-device and lets you bring the AI you already pay for - OpenAI Codex, Anthropic Claude Code, or a local LLM via Ollama - to write summaries, decisions, and action items. It captures audio at the system level (no Zoom/Meet bot joins), stores recordings, transcripts, and notes as plain files on your device (not the cloud), and keeps its own project memory so that next-call questions about prior decisions are one chat away. Approved follow-ups go to Slack, Google Calendar, Linear, and other tools via MCP - but only after your explicit yes. Available free for Apple Silicon, Linux, and Windows as of the Show HN launch on 2026-07-19 (objectID 48968013). CallBro is notable now as the privacy-first answer to Granola and Otter that uses your own agent subscriptions and never uploads your voice. It is ideal for developers, founders, and small teams who want AI meeting summaries without a forced cloud or account.
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