OpenSoftwareCo has released June, a private macOS AI app that runs without sending data off the device. It combines a local agent, voice dictation into any app, and automated meeting notes, and is offered as open source under the MIT license.
OpenSoftwareCo · Local-First AI
June: A Private AI That Keeps Your Data on Your Mac
A native macOS app blending a local agent, chat, voice dictation and automated meeting notes — open source under the MIT license, processing prompts and files without sending them to external servers.
$0
Free tier — all features, local models, BYOK, starter credits
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Core tools: agent, chat, dictation, meeting notes
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Prompts & transcripts stored on servers (zero-retention models)
Pricing plans — the gap scales with usage volume
Column heights proportional to monthly price. Free stays useful; Pro adds unlimited dictation + notes for every meeting; Max targets heavy workflows.
Voice Dictation
Shortcut inserts clean text into any app
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Meeting Notes
Detects Zoom/Teams — no bot joins the call
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Sandboxed Agent
Computer use protected by default
Privacy Architecture
Files, prompts and memory stay inside the Mac by default
OSS & Venice models by default — zero data retention, anonymized
Routing to frontier models is opt-in and anonymized
TEE-backed backend verification; only account & billing data retained
Runs on macOS, Apple Silicon recommended
What developers like
Data kept off external servers, practical dictation and meeting notes, and open-source MIT license — used for summarizing documents, tallying expenses and wrapping up meetings.
Open questions
Free-vs-paid split is tied to usage volume, requests for more integrations, and local-model performance depends on hardware. Large-scale assessments are still limited.
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