Is natively-cluely-ai-assistant free?

Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Does natively-cluely-ai-assistant use paid AI services?

Can use Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini or ElevenLabs. Its settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.

Is natively-cluely-ai-assistant still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change yesterday. Latest release v3.1.0, 7 days ago.

Can I trust natively-cluely-ai-assistant?

Some track record. 3.3k stars, 10 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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Natively-AI-assistant/natively-cluely-ai-assistant

Natively — Free open-source AI meeting assistant, interview copilot, and note taker. The best alternative to Cluely, Otter, Granola, Final Round AI, Fireflies, and Interview Coder. Real-time transcription, AI meeting notes, lecture recording, local RAG, BYOK, and stealth mode. Runs locally. No subscriptions. No data breaches.

Node.jsVite#ai#ai-agent#ai-agents#ai-assistant

Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Paid AI services?: Can use Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini or ElevenLabsIts settings have keys for these paid APIs. Its README says whether one is required.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v3.1.0, 7 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record3.3k stars, 10 months old, by an organization. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 3,254
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 6 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

Supported devices from the README: Supported Models

Gemini 3.1 / 3.8 Series (default: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Gemini 3.8 Flash)
OpenAI (GPT-5.4, o3 series)
Claude (4.6 series — full catalogue)
NVIDIA NIM (text and streaming speech)
Ollama (Llama, Mistral, CodeLlama)
Groq (Qwen 3.8 for text, Llama 4 Scout for OCR)
LiteLLM (any model behind your own gateway)
Google Antigravity (sign in with Google)
OpenRouter, Sidrune, 9Router, AgentRouter (gateways)
Codex (GPT-5.6 Luna by default, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.6 Sol)
Live catalogue: each provider's newest models appear in the picker without an app update

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗natively.softwareThe project's own site.

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs 21 settings in .env (5 secret).

Download for macOS

Natively(stable) · 11/4/2026 ↗

Natively-3.1.0-arm64.dmg

dmg · Apple Silicon · 674.5 MB · 811 downloads · best match

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/Natively-AI-assistant/natively-cluely-ai-assistant/releases/download/v3.1.0/Natively-3.1.0-arm64.dmg"
open "Natively-3.1.0-arm64.dmg"

Other macOS downloads (1)

Natively-3.1.0.dmg

dmg · 678.7 MB · 91 downloads

Download

Drag the app into Applications.

curl -LO "https://github.com/Natively-AI-assistant/natively-cluely-ai-assistant/releases/download/v3.1.0/Natively-3.1.0.dmg"
open "Natively-3.1.0.dmg"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install --cask Natively-AI-assistant/tap/natively

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=22.13.0runtime
1×npm package manager

21× settings in .env

GOOGLE_CALENDAR_CLIENT_ID
GOOGLE_CALENDAR_CLIENT_SECRETsecret
GROQ_API_KEYsecret
OPENAI_API_KEYsecret
CLAUDE_API_KEYsecret
GEMINI_API_KEYsecret
DEEPGRAM_API_KEYsecretoptional
ELEVENLABS_API_KEYsecretoptional
AZURE_SPEECH_KEYsecretoptional
AZURE_SPEECH_REGIONoptional
IBM_WATSON_API_KEYsecretoptional
IBM_WATSON_REGIONoptional
USE_OLLAMA
OLLAMA_MODEL
OLLAMA_URL
DEFAULT_MODELoptional
HINDSIGHT_BASE_URLoptional
HINDSIGHT_API_KEYsecretoptional
HINDSIGHT_TIMEOUT_MSoptional
NATIVELY_MEMORY_PROVIDERoptional
HINDSIGHT_RETAIN_ASYNCoptional

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Good to know

Has CLAUDE.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: native-module/Cargo.toml, native-module/package.json, natively-browser/package.json, renderer/package.json

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