EchoDiar v0.1.0

Privacy

EchoDiar keeps your recordings on your Mac. Audio and transcripts leave it only for the cloud services you set up.

What the app sends over the network

  • Update checks. EchoDiar fetches its update feed (appcast.xml) from this website and downloads updates from GitHub Releases.
  • Model downloads. Only when you click Download, from huggingface.co, at pinned versions. Apple Speech language assets are installed by macOS from Apple.
  • Cloud transcription. Only if you set up a cloud engine and confirm once for that provider and address. The recording's audio then goes to that provider, with your key.
  • AI. Only when you generate a summary or ask a question, and only to the provider you picked: the transcript (or parts of it), the meeting title and date, speaker names, the saved summary, your question and recent chat messages.
  • Provider setup. Testing a key or loading a model list contacts that provider.
  • Subscription CLIs. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Gemini CLI send the same data to their own service, with your login.
  • Local AI. MLX models and Apple Foundation Models run on your Mac. LM Studio, Ollama, Jan, llama.cpp and vLLM are reached at 127.0.0.1 unless you change the address.
  • Nothing else. No analytics, usage, crash or install reporting.

What stays on your Mac

  • Recordings, transcripts, summaries and chats are in ~/Library/Application Support/EchoDiar/Conversations.
  • Downloaded models and settings.json are in the same EchoDiar folder.
  • API keys are stored in the Keychain, not in the settings file.
  • Copy as prompt puts the text on the clipboard, marked as transient for clipboard managers.
  • Settings > Storage can move old conversations, or only their audio, to the Trash.

People you record

  • Tell them that you are recording, and follow the law where you and they live. EchoDiar has a consent message you can copy.

This website

  • Hosted on GitHub Pages, which may log IP addresses.
  • No analytics and no cookies. Your theme choice is kept in local storage.
  • The version in the header is read from this site's own appcast.xml, a same-origin request with no third party involved.
  • The Geist font is loaded from Google Fonts, so Google sees your IP address.

Questions

EchoDiar is open source, so every claim here can be checked in the code. Questions? Open an issue on GitHub.