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Parley
What Parley is
Parley is a free, open-source meeting notes app for recording conversations, producing live transcripts, and creating meeting reports. Transcripts separate speakers, while reports connect takeaways, commitments, and next steps to timestamps in the recording. Its desktop app captures both sides of an online call and searches across the meeting library. Users can choose providers including Soniox, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Groq, Qwen, Kimi, Ollama, OpenRouter, and self-hosted endpoints. The desktop edition can run entirely on the user’s computer without cloud services enabled. Parley also offers a local MCP server for AI clients, with 54 tools, and Mac voice typing through Option-Space. The cloud edition syncs recordings and transcripts to an account over encrypted connections. On iPhone, recording is limited to room audio through the microphone. The Android app is built but not yet on Google Play.
Who it suits
Parley suits people who want meeting capture, searchable transcripts, and reports while choosing between cloud, local, or self-hosted AI options. It also fits Mac users wanting voice typing across apps.
What it does well
- Free and open source
- Live transcripts separate speakers
- Reports link actions to recording timestamps
- Desktop search covers older meetings
- Can run locally without cloud services
What to know first
- iPhone cannot record calls or other app audio
- Android app is not yet on Google Play
- Cloud edition syncs recordings and transcripts
- Two transcription languages listed
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Parley | Free; bring your own provider keys or sign in to use hosted services | Free |
As parley.tw lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Parley offers broad meeting capture with provider choice and a local operating mode. Check the mobile recording limits and Android availability before choosing it for phone-based meetings.
Facts from Parley's own pages
- AI integrations
- Listed providers include Soniox, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Groq, Qwen, Kimi, Ollama, OpenRouter, and self-hosted endpoints. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Android availability
- The maker's English product page says an Android app is built and syncs to the same account, but is not yet on Google Play. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud data handling
- The official cloud edition syncs recordings and transcripts to the user's account and uses Cloudflare D1 and R2 for account data, recording metadata, and audio objects transferred over encrypted connections. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud providers
- The privacy policy says cloud live transcription uses Soniox and official AI features use Groq. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · parley.tw, 20 Sept 2026
- Transcription languages
- 2 · parley.tw, 20 Sept 2026
- Live transcripts
- It produces live transcripts with speakers separated, and its desktop app can capture both sides of an online call. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Local operation
- The open-source desktop edition can run entirely on the user's computer with third-party providers and no cloud service enabled. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The site credits Pathors AI, but the opened maker pages do not state its headquarters or founding year. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- MCP
- Parley runs a local MCP server that connects AI clients such as Claude to meeting records; the page says it provides 54 tools. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Meeting capture
- desktop · parley.tw, 20 Sept 2026
- Meeting reports
- After a meeting, Parley creates a report with takeaways, commitments, and next steps linked to timestamps in the recording. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile recording limit
- The iPhone app records room audio through its microphone and cannot record phone calls, FaceTime, or audio from other apps. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Parley is an open-source meeting notes app that records conversations, transcribes them, and lets users choose AI models, including local models. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- The desktop app can search across its meeting library, including conversations recorded a year earlier. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Summaries and action items
- Yes · parley.tw, 20 Sept 2026
- Support
- Parley directs users to email [email protected] for sign-in, account, sync, data, and general product questions. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
- Transcription
- Yes · parley.tw, 20 Sept 2026
- Voice typing
- On Mac, users can dictate into any app with the Option-Space shortcut, and Parley can polish the resulting text with AI. · parley.tw, 12 Oct 2026
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