Clueless: A Native AI Meeting Assistant for Mac with Live Transcription

Clueless is an AI-powered meeting assistant designed specifically for your desktop. It provides real-time transcription as conversations unfold, analyzing the discussion to identify specific action items and generating a comprehensive summary once the call concludes. Every meeting is organized and stored directly on your machine, ensuring that context remains accessible across different sessions. As a native desktop application, it offers a fast, responsive, and uncluttered experience. It is free to use and modify, making it an ideal choice for both individual users and professional teams.

Live Transcription: The app captures every word during a conversation automatically. There are no buttons to manage or windows to toggle, allowing you to stay focused on the discussion.

Smart Analysis: Using its integrated AI, Clueless reads the transcript to surface primary talking points. It categorizes themes and highlights the most significant parts of the meeting.

Action Item Extraction: The system flags specific tasks buried within the dialogue, providing a clear list of who is responsible for each upcoming action.

Conversation Storage: All calls and chats are saved and sorted locally. This allows you to search through past records and refer back to specific details at any time.

Insight Generation: The AI distills lengthy meetings into concise summaries, utilizing bullet points to outline key decisions and outcomes.

Context Retention: When moving between sessions, Clueless retains information from previous discussions, helping you maintain a continuous thread of project history.

Desktop Integration: Built as a dedicated Mac application, Clueless fits naturally into your workflow without the need for extra browser tabs or cumbersome web interfaces.

Installing Clueless

To begin using the assistant, you can download the desktop application, which is currently distributed as a macOS DMG file.

System Requirements

• OS: macOS 10.15 or newer.
• Account: An OpenAI API key is required and can be added within the application settings.
• Ease of Use: No compilers or terminal commands are necessary for the standard installation. Simply download, install, and start transcribing.

How It Works

1. Launch: Open the application and start a new conversation session to begin recording your meeting.
2. Transcribe: Clueless generates a live transcription of the audio as it happens.
3. Analyze: During or after the session, you can review the AI-generated insights and summary.
4. Follow-up: Check the list of action items identified by the system during the talk.
5. Storage: All data is saved to your local drive, allowing you to revisit past meetings whenever necessary.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Laravel 12.0 (requires PHP 8.2 or higher)
• Frontend: Vue 3.5.13 with TypeScript and Inertia.js
• Desktop Framework: NativePHP / Electron
• AI Integration: OpenAI Realtime API for transcription and linguistic analysis
• Styling: Tailwind CSS 4.1.1
• Build Tool: Vite 6
• Database: SQLite for secure, local conversation storage

For Developers

Development Environment Setup

To contribute to or modify Clueless, you will need:

• PHP 8.2 or newer
• Node.js 18 or newer
• Composer
• npm or yarn
• A valid OpenAI API key

Building From Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/vijaythecoder/clueless.git
   cd clueless
   

2. Install dependencies:

   composer install
   npm install
   

3. Run the desktop app in development mode:

   composer native:dev
   

The application is designed to handle database migrations and setup automatically upon launch. For more detailed information regarding environment variables and specific development commands, please refer to the contribution guide included in the repository.