Real-time AI for live conversations

A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that transcribes meetings, answers your questions, and searches your files — all in real time.

macOS 14+ · Requires your own OpenAI API key

See it in action

Record any meeting
Start recording with one click or Cmd+Shift+L. Livebrain captures your mic and system audio from any app.
Ask questions
Tap a preset question or type your own. Answers draw from everything said so far.
Search your files
Add folders to a workspace. Livebrain pulls answers from your documents while you talk.

Group your files into workspaces and search them during conversations.

FILES & FOLDERS

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Works with any app

Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack -- anything that plays audio.

On-device transcription

Apple Speech runs locally. No audio leaves your Mac.

File search

Attach folders and search documents during conversations.

Menu bar native

Lives in your status bar. No dock icon, no clutter.

Open source

MIT licensed. Read the code, fork it, build on it.

5 built-in templates

Pre-set questions for interviews, stand-ups, sales calls, debates, and lectures.

Interviewers Get follow-up questions and evaluate candidates while you interview
Engineers Pull up relevant code and docs during standups without leaving the call
Sales reps Get live talking points and handle objections with context from your docs
Debaters Fact-check claims and get counterarguments on the fly
Students Get plain-language explanations of anything the professor just said

No accounts, no subscriptions, no tracking. Your API key, your data, your Mac.