Open source AI notepad for meetings
AI daily notes from your meetings, emails, and tasks
Char is an open source Granola alternative that never locks you in. It's local-first and filesystem-based like Obsidian. Also, it provides ways to use on-device AI models or BYOK.
Char records your meetings without bots, pulls action items from your emails, and builds a daily note with everything you need to do. You review it, tick what's done, and hand off the rest to AI agents like Claude or Cursor. Open source.
Char shifted from a local-first open source notepad (akin to Obsidian) to an active AI-powered daily workflow tool integrating meetings, emails, tasks, and automation with AI agents. The new product is more proactive and task-focused, beyond just note-taking.