Getting started

CallBro is a local-first meeting notepad. It records your microphone and system audio, transcribes on your device, and stores notes as an Obsidian-compatible Markdown vault. There is no CallBro account, and CallBro does not join your call as a bot.

Download

Install from callbro.ai/download for your platform:

Platform	Where to get it
macOS (Apple Silicon)	GitHub Releases — .dmg
Linux	GitHub Releases — .deb, .rpm, or .AppImage
Windows	Microsoft Store only

First launch notes

• macOS: Open the .dmg and drag CallBro to Applications. If Gatekeeper blocks the app, right-click CallBro → Open.
• Linux (AppImage): Make the file executable (chmod +x CallBro_*.AppImage), then run it.
• Windows: Install from the Store, then open CallBro from the Start menu.

First-run setup

On first launch, CallBro walks you through onboarding:

1. Speech model — Download the on-device transcription model. Transcription stays local; no cloud account is required for the default path.
2. Vault folder — Choose where notes are stored (default: Documents/CallBroVault).
3. Permissions — Allow microphone and system audio (on macOS this may appear as Screen & System Audio Recording). Both are required to capture the meeting.
4. Agent engine (optional) — Connect Pi, Codex, or Claude Code for enhanced notes and meeting chat, or skip and add this later in Settings.

Record your first call

1. Start or join a meeting in Zoom, Meet, Teams, or another app.
2. In CallBro, start recording.
3. Speak normally — you’ll see a live transcript as it runs.
4. Stop when you’re done. CallBro writes the session into your vault (transcript, notes, and related Markdown files).

You can open the vault folder in Obsidian or any Markdown editor.

Privacy-minded setup

Release builds may include optional usage analytics. To turn that off, see Disable telemetry.

Help

• Product site: callbro.ai
• Privacy: Privacy Policy
• Contact: info@callbro.ai