Humla is an open-source AI notepad for Apple Silicon Macs that records meetings and creates transcripts, recaps, and action lists. It captures microphone and system audio through macOS without a bot joining the call, and can show a live transcript. Listed meeting services include Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, with transcription for 99 languages and support for around 100 Whisper languages plus a local Norwegian model. Users can choose summary presets or write prompts for outputs such as client recaps. Meeting-history chat searches notes and returns citations to source material. Processing can use on-device Whisper and speaker identification, or OpenAI, Deepgram, and Groq with the user’s key. Local data can remain on the Mac, with keys kept in macOS Keychain. The free Local plan covers one Mac. Humla Cloud costs 5.00 USD per month after a 14-day trial, while Self-host uses a PocketBase server without a subscription.
Who it is for
Humla suits Mac users who want meeting capture, transcription, summaries, and searchable notes. Teams can choose hosted synchronization or self-hosting with their own PocketBase server.
What is good
- Records both sides without a meeting bot
- Supports Zoom, Meet, Teams, and Webex
- Offers on-device transcription and speaker ID
- Meeting chat links answers to source notes
- Free Local and Self-host plans
What to know first
- Requires Apple Silicon and macOS 13 or later
- No Windows or web version
- Humla Cloud costs 5.00 USD per month
- No Slack or CRM integrations
Verdict
Humla provides local-first meeting recording and AI note creation, with optional cloud or self-hosted team synchronization.
Humla plans and pricing
All plansCompared on AI meeting assistants
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $5/user/mo
- Transcription
- Yes
- Summaries and action items
- Yes
- Meeting capture
- desktop
- Meeting platforms
- Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex
- Transcription languages
- 99 languages
