Muesli

Muesli is an open source Mac app for dictation and meeting transcription that runs speech to text on the device. It targets Apple Silicon Macs and uses local speech models, with Parakeet and Whisper named on the site, so audio does not have to be uploaded to a cloud service. From the menu bar, the user holds a hotkey, speaks, and Muesli cleans up the text and pastes it into whichever app is in use. For meetings, it captures the computer's own audio and keeps the transcript locally, so no bot joins the call. After installation it works without an internet connection. A local command line tool lets shell capable coding agents such as Codex and Claude Code list and read meeting transcripts and notes as structured JSON, which can then be turned into plans for a codebase. The app is described as free dictation and meeting transcription for the Mac. It can be downloaded from the site or installed with Homebrew using the cask command. The vendor publishes no paid plan prices. The source code is public and open to inspection. Muesli is built for people who prefer private, on device transcription over hosted services, including professionals who dictate throughout the day and those who want meeting notes accessible to their own AI tools.