Everything a Modern Minutes Needs
Powerful capabilities with AI orchestration — all self-hosted on your infrastructure.
Upcoming Meetings
View scheduled and upcoming meetings with calendar sync, pre-meeting reminders, and one-click join to video conferencing.
AI Transcription
Automatic speech-to-text with speaker detection and timestamps linked to the source — with full-text search across all transcripts.
Auto-Generated Minutes
The AI summarizes key points and decisions and extracts action items into structured minutes, ready for review.
Action Items
Tasks and assignments extracted from every meeting, tracked with owners, due dates, and priority in a dedicated actions view.
Digital Signatures
Review and approve minutes, collect electronic signatures, track who has signed, and keep a complete audit trail.
Templates & Export
Customizable minute templates with export to PDF, DOCX, and plain text for distribution and archival.
One Flat Server — Zero Per-User Fees
Unlike commercial SaaS suites that charge per seat, General Bots runs on your own infrastructure with unlimited users.
- Unlimited users and operations
- No per-user licensing fees
- Full source code access (AGPLv3)
- Self-contained Docker deployment
- Bring your own LLM / AI backend
Plus overage fees
On your infrastructure
Self-Hosted vs SaaS
See how the open-source General Bots Minutes compares to proprietary alternatives.
| Feature | Self-Hosted | SaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Per-user pricing | Free | Vendor lock-in |
| Data ownership | Yours | Theirs |
| Source access | Full (AGPLv3) | Closed |
| AI model choice | Any LLM | Vendor lock-in |
| Scalability | Unlimited | Tiered |
| Audit & compliance | Full control | Limited |
Built for Sovereignty, Scale, and AI
Thousands of teams choose General Bots for their minutes infrastructure.
Zero Vendor Lock-In
Your data, your infrastructure, your control. General Bots is fully open source under AGPLv3 — no proprietary APIs, no data leaving your network, no forced upgrades.
- 100% Open Source
Audit, modify, and extend the code. Community contributions welcome.
- AI-Native by Default
LLM orchestration built in — bring any model, run it on your own hardware.
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