Bot-Free Dual Capture
Audio loopback captures whatever is playing through your speakers (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams) plus your microphone as two clean, isolated audio channels without bot awkwardness.
Private Beta · Early Access Wave #1
Local-First · Zero-Bot · BYO-LLM
Meeting intelligence that
never leaves your machine.
Jot quick fragments during your call. BeeQuill captures both sides of the conversation without inviting a bot, transcribes locally via faster-whisper, and synthesizes executive meeting notes with your chosen LLM (Ollama, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, Groq).
100% Offline Capable
Local SQLite Storage
Zero Data Retention
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Executive Decisions
Action Items
Bring any model · Swap providers in real-time
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Industry Comparison
BeeQuill vs. The Competition
See how BeeQuill's local-first architecture compares directly to Granola, Otter.ai, Fathom, and traditional cloud tools.
| Feature / Metric | BeeQuill (beequill.com) | Granola ($1.5B Val.) | Otter.ai ($100M+ ARR) | Fathom ($30M ARR) | noteforge.ai (cloud) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot Intrusion | Zero Bots (WASAPI/CoreAudio) | Zero Bots | Bot Joins & Records | Bot Joins & Records | Single Mic Only |
| Dual-Channel Speaker Separation | Yes (Hardware Loopback) | Yes | Cloud Diarization | Cloud Diarization | No |
| Storage Architecture | Local SQLite (On-Device) | Cloud-Stored | Cloud-Stored | Cloud-Stored | Cloud-Stored |
| Offline AI Execution | 100% Offline (Ollama + Whisper) | No (Cloud API) | No (Cloud API) | No (Cloud API) | No |
| Swappable LLMs (BYO-LLM) | Yes (Ollama/Claude/OpenAI/Groq) | Locked to Hosted AI | Proprietary Closed AI | Proprietary Closed AI | No |
| Local MCP Server | Built-in (Claude/Cursor tools) | No | No | No | No |
| Starting Price | Free Forever ($0) / $12 Pro | $14 / month | $16.99 / month | $19 / month | $18 / month |
BeeQuill offers complete local data sovereignty, zero bot awkwardness, and the freedom to bring your own local or cloud AI models without paying inflated markups.
Engineered for Privacy
All the Meeting Intelligence.
All the Meeting Intelligence.
None of the Cloud Traps.
100% Local-First SQLite
Meetings, transcripts, and notes live in a private SQLite database on your disk. Pair with local Whisper and Ollama to run your entire meeting workflow completely offline.
Streamed AI Enhancement
Your raw meeting fragments + transcripts are merged into structured executive notes, streamed token-by-token using prompt-customizable TipTap templates.
Swappable LLM Providers
Connect Ollama, Anthropic Claude 3.5, OpenAI GPT-4o, Groq, or any OpenAI-compatible server. Swap providers mid-workflow without restarting.
Workspace Semantic Chat
Query across your entire meeting archive with LangGraph agentic reasoning. Answers cite the exact source meetings and timestamps.
Private Calendar Integration
Paste a private ICS link from Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar — zero OAuth authorization required. Automatically pre-titles meetings right before calls start.
Engineered For Your Workflow
Built for How You Work.
Built for How You Work.
From Students to Executive Teams.
See how BeeQuill adapts to different professional demands with zero-bot privacy and tailored AI templates.
Multi-Platform Ecosystem
Capture Anywhere.
Capture Anywhere.
Desktop First, Mobile & Browser Next.
Start with our production-grade desktop app today, with seamless browser and mobile companions launching soon.
Available Now · v1.0
Native Desktop
macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) & Windows 10/11
- ✓ Bot-free dual-channel CoreAudio/WASAPI capture
- ✓ Local-first SQLite with zero cloud storage mandatory
- ✓ LangGraph multi-meeting semantic workspace chat
- ✓ Local Ollama & Whisper with swappable Cloud LLMs
Coming Q4 2026
Chrome Web Extension
Google Chrome, Brave, Arc & Edge
- ✓ 1-Click capture for Google Meet & Zoom Web
- ✓ Instant tab audio loopback without permissions hassle
- ✓ Live floating note scratchpad over browser windows
- ✓ Direct sync to local SQLite or BeeQuill Pro account
Coming Q1 2027
Mobile Companion
iOS (iPhone & iPad) & Android
- ✓ High-fidelity physical room & coffee-chat recorder
- ✓ Offline on-device speech-to-text with whisper.tflite
- ✓ End-to-end encrypted sync to desktop SQLite
- ✓ Lock-screen quick-record widget & Apple Watch app
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Architecture
How Audio Stays on Your Machine
No cloud audio relays. No proxy servers. Here is how BeeQuill captures and transcribes locally.
01
CoreAudio & WASAPI Capture
BeeQuill taps directly into system-level audio APIs without injecting recording bots into your video calls.
02
Separate MediaRecorders
Microphone and system loopback audio run on independent audio pipelines, isolating you from other meeting participants.
03
15-Second Segment Chunks
Audio is chunked into standalone WebM segments with complete headers, ensuring zero audio corruption even if calls terminate unexpectedly.
04
Local Whisper Transcription
Segments stream in real-time to your local faster-whisper instance, outputting transcripts directly into your local database.
Our Story
Your meetings
Your meetings
are your intellectual property.
BeeQuill was created from a fundamental belief: executive note-taking should never force you to sacrifice confidentiality or surrender audio to third-party clouds.
The Mission
Capture Everything.
Capture Everything.
Surrender Nothing.
Meetings are where strategic pivots are finalized, patents are born, and high-stakes negotiations unfold. That is exactly why transcripts are among an enterprise's most sensitive assets — and why they shouldn't live on centralized cloud servers.
BeeQuill proves you can have all modern AI capabilities — bot-free dual capture, real-time audio transcription, and cross-meeting semantic reasoning — while keeping your data stored locally in SQLite on your disk. Privacy is not a marketing checkbox; it is the core foundation of our architecture.
100%On-device by default
0Bots in your call
10+Swappable model backends
0Cloud audio retention
Core Architecture
How We Build BeeQuill
01
Local-First is Non-Negotiable
Every single-player workflow runs offline. Transcripts and notes reside in a SQLite database directly on your SSD.
02
No Bots in Human Conversations
We believe meeting bots are invasive. BeeQuill uses audio loopback (WASAPI and CoreAudio) to capture call audio with zero bot intrusion.
03
Zero Data Lock-in
You can export your complete workspace in open JSON or Markdown format at any time. If you downgrade from Pro, you keep 100% of your notes forever.
Own Your Meetings.
Write with BeeQuill.
Experience local privacy, zero bots, and flexible AI models today.