Your meetings had more than words. Bacham remembers the rest.
Dual-stream audio capture, live transcription & 1-click flashcards — 100% on your SSD.
Bacham — Architecture & Strategy
🎯Executive Architecture Summary
- •Dual-Stream Audio Pipeline: Captures both system loopback and mic with zero echo artifacts.
- •Local-First Storage: SQLite + FTS5 vector indexing on device for instant semantic search.
⚡Timestamped Action Items (Click to Replay)Audio Jump
Effortless notes, enhanced instantly.
Focus on the conversation, not frantic typing. Bacham turns raw thoughts into executive clarity and revision decks.
Why professionals and students are kicking out meeting bots
Stop sending awkward bots to client calls. Capture notes with dual-stream clarity, zero monthly fees, and 100% local privacy.
Traditional Cloud Bots
Otter, Fireflies, Grain, etc.
Awkward Uninvited Meeting Bots
A bot enters your Zoom/Meet call with an obnoxious banner, alerting clients and peers they are being recorded.
Wall-of-Text Unstructured Transcripts
Leaves you with thousands of lines of unedited speech with zero actionable takeaways or study retention.
Confidential Data Uploaded to Cloud
Sensitive executive decisions, IP, and customer secrets are sent to third-party servers for model training.
Recurring Per-Seat Monthly Taxes
Expensive subscriptions of $20–$40 per user every single month with strict recording minute caps.
Bacham Local Copilot
100% PrivateOn-Device Dual-Stream Audio & Study Engine
100% Invisible Native Dual-Stream Capture
Zero bots in the call. Captures both remote attendees and your mic cleanly via OS loopback or Chrome extension.
Timestamped Action Items & Study Decks
Instant structured notes, action items linked to audio seconds ([00:32]), and 1-click revision flashcards.
Absolute Local SSD Data Sovereignty
Transcripts, audio, and SQLite database stay 100% on your SSD with zero cloud leaks or telemetry.
Free & Open-Source Forever
Run local Whisper & local Ollama on your GPU with zero markup, or connect your personal Claude/GPT-4o API keys.
Everything you need for effortless meeting & lecture recall
Built from the ground up for privacy, dual-stream audio clarity, and 1-click retention.
Dual-channel audio & streaming Whisper ingestion
Captures both remote attendees from system loopback and your microphone with zero echo artifacts. Local Whisper processes streaming speech chunks into a synchronized timeline.
1-click flashcards & quiz decks
Bacham's killer superpower: Turn technical meetings, architecture syncs, and university lectures into interactive revision flashcards and quizzes in 1 click.
Timestamped action items with audio replay
Every action item automatically attaches to the exact second in the timeline ([00:32]). Click any item to jump straight to what was said.
Chrome extension + local WebSocket
1-click tab capture for Google Meet. Streams to desktop app via secure local WebSocket (ws://127.0.0.1:1421) with offline vault fallback.
Formats for Slack, Notion & PDF
Exports formatted Markdown, executive briefs, bulleted decisions, and flashcards directly to your clipboard, Notion workspace, or PDF documentation.
Interactive knowledge graph & meeting connections
Discover recurring themes across weeks of meetings and lectures. An interactive on-device 2D force graph maps connections between topics, projects, and speakers with zero cloud parsing.
Rich block notes & syntax highlighting
Full-featured Tiptap block editor with code syntax highlighting, interactive task checkboxes, and markdown keyboard shortcuts for fast typing during calls.
Global memory: sub-second semantic search across all meetings & lectures
Need to find a technical decision made three weeks ago? Query your local archive with instant full-text SQLite search and audio timestamp jump links. Zero cloud telemetry.
Bacham helps you before, during and after your meetings.
A frictionless workflow designed for fast-paced engineering teams and back-to-back schedules.
Walk into your meeting completely prepared
Bacham connects with your local calendar to synthesize a pre-meeting context brief: attendees, unresolved loops from previous sessions, and key agenda goals.
Architecture Sync & GTM Strategy
Works seamlessly with your meeting apps & AI models
Up and running in less than 60 seconds
Choose your preferred workflow. Zero complicated virtual audio cables, zero cloud subscriptions.
Install the standalone desktop client
Bacham runs natively on macOS (Apple Silicon / Intel) and Windows 10/11 using Tauri 2.0 with ultra-low RAM usage.
Download & Install the Binary
Grab the latest .msi for Windows or universal .dmg for macOS from GitHub Releases.
Automatic Audio Loopback Verification
On launch, Bacham automatically hooks into your OS audio driver (WASAPI loopback on Windows, CoreAudio on Mac). No virtual cables or extra drivers needed.
Start Calling or Attending Lectures
Join any Zoom, Meet, or Teams call. Click "Capture Call" or press Alt+Shift+B. When finished, notes and flashcards generate instantly.
Release Packages
Official signed installers available on GitHub with SHA-256 integrity checksums.
Upcoming in Version 2.0.0
We are pushing the boundaries of local-first artificial intelligence. Here is what is coming next in Bacham v2.0.0.
Local Multi-Modal Screen & Slide Replay
Automatically snapshots key presentation slides and screen shares during calls, syncing visual frames with the timestamped audio timeline — 100% on your local SSD.
Neural Voice Diarization 2.0
Next-gen on-device acoustic voiceprints that identify speaker identities and conversational turns without uploading raw voice biometric vectors to any cloud server.
Encrypted P2P Local Sync (Desktop ⇄ Mobile)
End-to-end encrypted synchronization between your desktop library and mobile companion over local Wi-Fi / WebRTC with zero intermediary cloud database.
Autonomous Calendar Auto-Record Daemon
A silent, ultra-light background tray process that detects scheduled calendar events and silently arms WASAPI/CoreAudio loopback without manual intervention.
Local Integrations SDK (Linear, Jira, Obsidian)
Modular local export pipeline to push action items into Linear tickets, GitHub Issues, Jira boards, or write directly into your local Obsidian vault.
On-Device Personal Jargon LoRA Fine-Tuning
Private local adapter fine-tuning that automatically teaches your on-device LLM your company's proprietary acronyms, customer names, and technical terminology.
Have an idea or feature request for v2.0.0?
Bacham is driven by community feedback. Propose RFCs, submit PRs, and vote on upcoming features on GitHub Discussions.
Security by architecture, not marketing promises
Your conversations contain trade secrets, financial models, and strategic plans. Bacham ensures they never leave your machine.
Hardware Capture
Direct WASAPI & CoreAudio loopback stream without virtual cable bloat.
Local Whisper Engine
Zero cloud streaming. Speech converted directly in local RAM.
Local Ollama / BYOK
Extracts decisions & action items on your hardware or via personal API keys.
Local SQLite DB
All notes, embeddings, and snapshots stored exclusively on your SSD.
100% Offline Air-Gapped Operation
Bacham does not require an internet connection to transcribe speech, detect decisions, or organize meeting notes when using local Whisper and Ollama.
Local SQLite Storage & Embeddings
Transcripts, summaries, action items, and slide images stay on your local drive. You own your data in open SQLite and JSON formats.
Auditable Open-Source Architecture
No hidden telemetry trackers or proprietary background daemons. The entire Tauri Rust and TypeScript codebase is open and inspectable on GitHub.
See how Bacham stacks up
100% open source, zero subscriptions, and no uninvited bots.
Download Bacham for your device
Dual-stream audio capture. Notes, timestamped actions, and 1-click study flashcards. Without an uninvited meeting bot. 100% on your SSD.
Windows 10 / 11
.exe / .msi (64-bit)
Desktop Shortcut & Tray AutostartChrome Extension
Packed CRX / ZIP Package
Google Meet & Tab AudiomacOS
Universal DMG (Apple Silicon & Intel)
CoreAudio Loopback SupportLinux
.deb / AppImage
ALSA & PulseAudio SupportFrequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about Bacham's privacy model, local AI engine, and extension integration.