Tucky vs Fireflies

Your meeting memory. Your own storage.

Tucky brings meeting recordings, transcripts, summaries, and local chat together on your Mac. Core features are free, without a cloud storage subscription.

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Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · No account required

Tucky vs Fireflies: at a glance

Compare the workflow you need, where your data goes, and what the free plan includes. Reviewed September 4, 2026; plans and features can change.

Feature comparison of Tucky and Fireflies
Feature	Tucky	Fireflies
Processing	On-device transcription and AI	Cloud meeting service
Free offering	Free core recording, transcription and AI	Free tier with limited AI summaries
Storage	Uses your Mac’s available disk space	Free: 400 minutes of storage per team
Live text	Included	Available
Ask about meetings	Local chat with source references	AskFred AI assistant
Recording methods	System audio and microphone; no meeting bot	Meeting integrations, uploads and bot-free options
Team workflow	Exports and optional sharing	Integrations; team analytics on higher plans

Tucky’s local workloads depend on your Mac’s storage and processing capacity. Optional external services may have their own fees.

More of your work, in one place

From a conversation
to something you can use.

Record meetings, review summaries, and ask local chat about your saved history. Dictate a note or task when an idea arrives. Keep the context on your Mac.

Explore Tucky’s capture features →

Meeting summary and recording controls in the app — Meeting summary from the app, previously named Echo Scribe.

Which fits your day?

Choose Tucky if…

You work on an Apple Silicon Mac and want private, local dictation and meeting tools with free core features. You prefer keeping your history on your own device.

Consider Fireflies if…

You want a cloud meeting workspace with integrations, team analytics, and managed sharing.

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Private. Local. Free.

Make room for Tucky on your Mac.

Copy the command below, open Terminal, and paste it to download and install Tucky.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/desduvauchelle/echo-scribe/main/install.sh | bash

Apple Silicon · macOS 14 or later · No account required

Follow setup to download your local models and grant recording permissions. Models need several GB; size varies.