GOATLY Meeting Summarizer¶

GOATLY is a cross-platform desktop and mobile application designed for free and easy meeting transcription and AI-powered summarization. Whether you're a student, professional, or researcher, GOATLY helps you focus on the conversation while AI handles the notes.
Our Vision¶
We believe that high-quality meeting transcription and summarization should be accessible to everyone. Our vision is to provide a powerful, privacy-first tool that offers the best of both worlds:
- Complete Freedom: A fully open-source experience where you bring your own API keys and maintain total control over your data.
- Effortless Productivity: An optional managed mode for those who want a "just works" experience without managing API keys or infrastructure.
By bridging the gap between open-source flexibility and managed convenience, GOATLY aims to be the go-to solution for anyone looking to transcribe and summarize meetings across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Features¶
- One-click recording — Start and stop your microphone with a single button.
- AI transcription — Lightning-fast speech-to-text powered by FAL Wizper.
- AI summarization — Get key points and action items automatically via OpenRouter LLMs.
- Search & sort — Powerful full-text search across all your past recordings.
- Secure key storage — Your API keys are encrypted and stored locally on your device.
- Cross-platform — Native performance on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Deployment modes¶
Fully open source¶
Bring your own FAL and OpenRouter API keys. No sign-in required. Complete control over your data and keys.
Cost: Free while on free-tier quotas (FAL: $5 monthly spend; OpenRouter: variable). After that, pay-as-you-go.
Managed mode (free-tier)¶
Sign in with Google or email. GOATLY provisions API keys automatically — no manual setup. Covers ~500 minutes of transcription + summaries per month for free.
Cost: Free (with monthly limits). Upgrade to paid tier for higher limits.
Managed mode (paid)¶
Higher monthly limits on transcription and summarization. Manage billing in-app.
Cost: Varies by tier (check the app for current pricing).
Download¶
Pre-built binaries are attached to every GitHub Release.
| Platform | File |
|---|---|
| Windows | goatly-windows.zip — extract and run the .exe |
| macOS | goatly-macos.zip — extract and drag .app to Applications |
| Linux | goatly-linux.tar.gz — extract and run the binary |
Quick links¶
- Best Meeting Summarizers 2026 — How GOATLY compares to the competition.
- Tutorial: Transcribe for Free on Windows — Step-by-step guide for Windows users.
- Getting Started — install and first run
- Usage — record → transcribe → summarize walkthrough
- Configuration — managed mode vs. bring-your-own-key
- Shared Libraries — reusable components from
df_flutter_shared - Contributing — dev setup and local path deps