Frigade Launches Yogurt, an Open-Source Local AI Meeting Recorder

Developer tools creator Frigade has introduced Yogurt, a new free and open-source utility designed to capture, transcribe, and summarize digital meetings locally on user hardware. Unlike many commercial meeting assistants, Yogurt operates without injecting an automated bot into calls, instead recording system audio and microphone input directly.

The software runs across macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems, requiring at least 8 GB of memory and hardware capable of supporting local AI model execution. For transcription, the platform relies on Whisper via whisper.cpp—incorporating Apple's SpeechAnalyzer for live text on supported Macs—while utilizing open-weight models from families such as Gemma, gpt-oss, and Qwen for summaries and queries. Aside from initial model downloads and application updates, all user data, recordings, and transcripts remain stored locally on the user's machine.

Yogurt operates under the MIT license, requires no user account, and functions across various virtual meeting platforms including Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. Users can also configure read-only access for local Model Context Protocol servers to integrate meeting notes with external assistant tools.

What to watch next: Monitor adoption rates among privacy-conscious developers and whether other open-source toolmakers follow with similar fully local audio-processing stacks.