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Catch what was actually said
Record the call and get a transcript in one saved note, then turn it into a report of decisions, action items, and open questions.
- Transcript → Final notes
- Automatic or manual report
- Decisions and actions
Local-first files, search & transcription
Wrengle turns meeting noise into working memory you own.
A desktop workspace with local-first files, search, and transcription for meetings, notes, and follow-through. It records your calls, keeps your vault on your own machine, and uses your configured cloud provider only for disclosed generative work.
- Transcript stays attached
- Decisions surface
- Context stays chosen
Illustrative desktop preview · Local vault / Meetings
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Transcript, decisions, and action items stay connected to the note that carries the work forward.
Actions pulled forward
From live conversation to something that actually gets done.
The work that starts in a meeting and usually leaks away into scattered notes, chat threads, and action items nobody wrote down.
02
Keep it somewhere you can find it
Notes, links, search, and history in one local workspace, instead of decisions scattered across calls, threads, and documents.
- Local vault
- Workspace search
- History and context
03
Do something about it
Draft the summary and follow-up from context you chose through the direct provider or Wrengle AI route shown in the app.
- Drafting help
- Follow-through
- Controlled model paths
What works today, and what does not.
Worth knowing before you download rather than after.
Beta
macOS desktop download
The download page enables the exact DMG attached to the current GitHub release. v0.0.18 and later require Apple Silicon and macOS 13.4; v0.0.17 remains the final universal Intel-compatible release.
Available
Local vault, notes, search, command palette
The core note workspace, and the part of the app that is furthest along.
Beta
Local chart and whiteboard files
Canvas documents live in your vault. Charts and whiteboards stay the same on your own computers when sync is on; whiteboard images sync too. Neither provides team collaboration or remote presence.
Beta
Meeting recording and transcription
Works once you grant microphone and system-audio access. Read the limitations before you rely on a transcript for anything important.
Beta
Workflow automations
Run a workflow on demand, or schedule one daily or on days you choose. Wrengle and the vault it belongs to need to be open for a scheduled run to fire.
Not in v1
Windows public download
Wrengle is macOS-only. Windows is not a shipping target, so there is no Windows installer.
Beta
Optional Wrengle accounts
Beta accounts are optional and use email or Google. They hold identity and profile plus an AI credit balance and usage ledger. Sync between your own computers is off by default and needs an account; downloading and using the desktop app never needs one.
Not in v1
Licenses, gated downloads, subscriptions
No licence to enter, no paid gate on a download, and no subscription. Prepaid Wrengle AI credits are the one optional purchase.
Not in v1
Linux, mobile, browser-first clients
Wrengle is desktop-first. These are outside v1.
Core surfaces for working memory you own.
Wrengle is a desktop tool first: local files, meeting context, workspace search, disclosed cloud AI paths, and local extension points.
Local vault
BetaYour notes are ordinary files in a folder you pick. No hosted workspace holds your work, and your backup is just that folder.
Meeting memory
BetaRecord a call and get a transcript in one saved note, then turn it into a report covering decisions, action items, and open questions.
Google Calendar context
BetaIn production-verified builds, connect your primary Google Calendar, choose a timed event before recording, and keep the seven-day event cache on your Mac. Google account sign-in remains separate.
Controlled AI
BetaConnect your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. The app shows the resolved provider and the bounded context before generative work is sent.
Workspace search
AvailableSearch every note, find and replace inside one, jump back to recent work, and follow wiki-style links through a backlinks panel and a graph of how the vault connects.
Local chart files
BetaDraw diagrams and flows next to your notes. Charts are files in your vault like everything else, and split panes open on your machine stay in sync as you drag.
Whiteboards
BetaSketch on an Excalidraw-style canvas saved as a .wrboard file in your vault. Edits update live across split panes and your own computers when sync is on, including referenced images.
Command palette
AvailableOpen files, trigger actions, search the workspace, and move through the app without leaving the keyboard.
Workflow automations
BetaChain steps into a workflow: fetch something, ask AI to draft, write a note, review. Run it on demand, once a day, or on days you choose. Steps that act outside Wrengle, like sending to a connected app, always wait for you to approve them.
Follow-through actions
BetaGo straight from a saved transcript to an editable report: summary, decisions, action items, follow-up, discussion, and open questions.
Dictation and voice control
BetaHold a shortcut and talk to write into the note you are in, or switch to Voice Control to drive the editor, workspace, and terminal by voice.
Developer-preview plugins
BetaExtend Wrengle with plugins that run locally, including ones you build with AI help. Each plugin asks before it can reach anything of yours.
Your vault, search, and transcription stay local. Generative AI is explicit.
Wrengle’s privacy model is practical, not absolute. Vault files, search, and Local Whisper transcription stay local. Generative AI, cloud transcription, and external agents follow the provider or tool shown in the app.
Read privacy and AI tradeoffsLocal data
Your vault, history, search index, recordings, and Local Whisper transcription stay on your machine. Generative AI is a separate cloud boundary.
BYOK
Connect your own OpenAI or Anthropic key and Wrengle uses it for drafting. Your prompt and the notes you picked go to that provider, and the app names it before anything is sent. Meetings and dictation are configured separately.
Wrengle AI
Or skip the key. A clean install starts assistant chat on Fast; upgrades keep their saved explicit or Auto choice. Fast, Balanced, and Deep are text-only tiers whose prompts and replies transit Wrengle and OpenAI, without being retained in the account ledger or app logs. Signing in includes no free credit, Auto itself never picks them, and they do not fall back to another route.
Agents
Choose Ask me, Auto approve, Plan only, or Full access in one menu that coordinates Wrengle approvals with reviewed agent modes. An external agent still runs as an ordinary program with your OS permissions.
Built for meeting-heavy work.
Wrengle speaks to individual operators first while staying credible for privacy-conscious teams and technical users.
Founders and executives who need decisions and follow-up after dense calls.
Consultants and client operators who need meeting memory across projects.
Researchers and technical professionals who need searchable notes and context.
Customer-facing professionals who need follow-through without copying every meeting into a hosted workspace.
Read the current product boundary.
The docs are the source of truth for setup, privacy, vault backup, limitations, architecture, and plugins.
Introduction
BetaWhat Wrengle is, what it is not, and how to read availability labels.
Getting started
BetaOpen the app, create a vault, write notes, and check limitations before relying on workflows.
Dictation and voice control
BetaTalk to write into a note, or drive the app by voice. Setup, accuracy settings, what stays local, and how to fix it when it mishears you.
AI and privacy
BetaWhich AI runs where, what each one receives, and how to keep a piece of work entirely on your machine.
Workflows
BetaBuild a workflow, try it safely, then schedule it. Includes what approval gates catch and where the scheduler stops.
Retired local AI models
BetaWhat changed, how legacy choices stay non-executable, and how to remove old app-owned model files without touching speech or search assets.
Terminal
BetaA shell inside your workspace, with per-vault startup settings, restored sessions, and commands drafted from workflows.
Integrations and actions
BetaCreate Gmail drafts behind an exact-request approval, create Jira issues from the editor with account-backed Atlassian OAuth, or use configured webhook actions. See the availability table before relying on any connection.
Vault and backup
BetaWhat lives in the vault, what to back up, and why git history is not a full backup.
Sync across your computers
BetaWhat syncs between your own computers, what Wrengle stores and can read, and how to turn it off or remove a vault from the server.
Known limitations
BetaCurrent beta caveats across downloads, meetings, AI, plugins, and platform support.
How Wrengle works
BetaWhat stays on your machine, what crosses the network and when, and what plugins can reach.
Plugins overview
BetaWhat a plugin can add to Wrengle, how you install one from a folder, and what it has to ask permission for.
WASM plugin actions
BetaBuild a plugin that does work: declaring what it needs, getting access granted, and troubleshooting it when it will not load.
Plugin UI contributions
BetaPut your plugin where you will actually reach it — command palette, slash menu, right-click menus, shortcuts, status bar, and side panels.
SDK and plugin creator
BetaStart from a template, use the plugin SDK, and handle the approval step when your plugin wants to write something.
Plugin views
BetaAdd your own tab to the workspace from a single HTML file, and pass the current selection into it.
JSON Compare tutorial
BetaA worked example with no build step: load the JSON Compare plugin, open it from the palette, and send it a selection.
Frequently asked questions
What is Wrengle?
A desktop app for people who live in meetings. It records and transcribes your calls, keeps the notes as ordinary files on your machine, and helps you turn what was said into what happens next.
Can I download it now?
Yes, and it is free. The download page offers the currently configured, freshly confirmed signed and notarized release—normally GitHub latest, or an exact incident-recovery version during a temporary pin. v0.0.18 and later require Apple Silicon and macOS 13.4.
What does it cost?
The app is free and no feature is behind a paywall. The one optional purchase is prepaid credits for Wrengle AI, which you only need if you would rather not use a model provider key of your own. Accounts are optional and use email or Google — you do not need one to download or use the app.
If my notes are local, where does AI run?
Your vault, search, and Local Whisper transcription run on your Mac. Generative work uses the route you chose: your configured OpenAI or Anthropic key, or an enabled text-only Wrengle AI tier, which sends bounded context through Wrengle to OpenAI. Wrengle shows that boundary before sending context.
Which platforms does it run on?
Beginning with v0.0.18, Wrengle requires an Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 13.4 or later. v0.0.17 is the final Intel-compatible build and receives no later fixes. Windows, Linux, mobile, and browser versions are not shipping targets.
Try it on your next call.
Free while in beta, and nothing to sign up for. Download it, point it at a folder, and record a meeting — you will know within one call whether it is for you.