The open-source Fellow alternative
Fellow A meeting-management tool with agendas, collaborative notes and an AI notetaker add-on. Ledgeur does the same core job — an accurate transcript and notes you can act on — but as open-source software that runs in your browser, so the audio never leaves your machine.
Per-seat SaaS focused on agendas and workflows; AI recording in its cloud.
Where Ledgeur differs from Fellow
- Focused on fast, private transcription rather than a full meeting-workflow suite.
- On-device processing, no cloud upload of audio.
- Free for individuals; open source.
- Drop into any meeting without onboarding a whole team.
The audio never leaves
Whisper runs in your browser. So does speaker separation. There is no upload step to trust us about — open the network tab and check.
It learns who people are
Ledgeur separates the voices in a recording, and once you have named one, it recognises that person in every meeting afterwards. The voice prints stay on your device.
Nobody joins your call, and nobody can lock it out
No bot in the participant list, no awkward pause while people ask what it is. Ledgeur listens to the tab, the way you would. Which also means no video platform can revoke its access, the way they can with a bot that has to be admitted as a guest.
Free is the whole product
Unlimited recording, transcription, speakers, notes and search — permanently, for nothing. You pay when you want the record shared across a team, or open to your AI agents.
Try the Fellow alternative
No account, no card, and no bot in your meeting. Open it and record your next call — or drag in one you already have.
Search demand (live Google Ads, US): meeting notes app 880/mo. The comparison reflects each tool’s publicly described model at the time of writing, not a judgement about its quality — Fellow is good software that made a different architectural choice.