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Summit meeting insights

Ranked 4 of 4 meeting notetakers by recommenders

People recommend Summit for analyzing meetings on the Mac without an account or cloud backend, so nothing leaves the machine.

People recommend Summit for analyzing meetings on the Mac without an account or cloud backend, so nothing leaves the machine.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 3 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Keeps meeting data on the machine

    “Nothing leaves the machine, and there's no account or cloud backend.”

    Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Summit – local AI meeting insights”
  • Used since the first release

    “Using it from first release, all the best for you and thanks”

    Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Summit – local AI meeting insights”

Other meeting notetakers people recommend

The three most recommended other meeting notetakers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Summit meeting insights compared with 3 alternatives
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Granola111150%8——
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Summit meeting insightsThis page50100%3——
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What people said

4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I really enjoy lemmy with summit client on my phone.”

RecommendsComment from 29 Oct 2026 in “StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month”

“My flagship synth ended up being Summit”

RecommendsComment from 2 Jul 2026 in “24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense”

“Using it from first release, all the best for you and thanks”

RecommendsComment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Summit – local AI meeting insights”

“Nothing leaves the machine, and there's no account or cloud backend.”

RecommendsComment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Summit – local AI meeting insights”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.