Show HN: Minute – Offline meeting notes on macOS with Whisper and llama.cpp

A developer released Minute, a macOS app that transcribes and summarizes meetings offline using local Whisper and llama.cpp models, with no cloud dependency or telemetry. Built with Tauri, Rust, React, and Metal acceleration, the app stores notes as plain text, JSON, and WAV files. The creator noted that software engineering is not ending and that leverage is becoming ridiculous.

Hello HN, I built Minute because I wanted searchable meeting notes without sending recordings or transcripts to a cloud service. It captures microphone and optional system audio, transcribes locally with Whisper, and generates summaries, decisions, and action items using a local LLM through llama.cpp. After the initial model download, everything runs on-device and in-process. There’s no account, server, or telemetry. The app is built with Tauri, Rust, React, and Metal acceleration. Notes are stored locally as plain text, JSON, and WAV files. I built the project end-to-end with Codex as a design and engineering partner—including the UX, accessibility work, reliability tests, CI, and Apple Silicon/Intel release automation. I guess software engineering isn’t ending. The leverage is getting ridiculous. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088771 Points: 3 Comments: 0