Changelog

Install in one line (macOS, Apple Silicon)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WalissonCF/rice/main/get.sh | bash

Rice is built on your Mac, so macOS doesn't block it (no xattr). Running it again updates Rice.

New

• Memory across meetings: Rice remembers what each person and company asked for, promised and decided. Before a call, "What to remember" shows it with links to the source meeting. Browse people and companies in the new Memory page.
• Follow-ups that chase themselves: every next step from every meeting in one list (overdue, today, this week), with owner and due date. A daily notification for what is due, and the next meeting closes what was done. Synced with the checkboxes in your notes; can be sent to macOS Reminders.
• Local models: use Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, MLX, Jan or any OpenAI-compatible server on your Mac (localhost only).
• Fully local mode: nothing leaves your Mac; every network feature is blocked, with a "100% local" badge.
• Privacy receipt: each meeting shows what left your computer, to which AI and when (metadata only).
• Consent reminder: a one-click notice to paste in the call chat when you start recording.
• Personal data redaction: CPF, CNPJ, cards, e-mails and phone numbers are masked before reaching the AI and restored locally.
• Retention per folder: move old audio or meetings to the Trash automatically.
• Voice signatures are never saved (speaker identification keeps them in memory only).
• Sidebar works in short windows: all items keep their names; only the menu scrolls when space is tight.

Other ways to install

• macOS app: Rice-0.4.0-arm64.dmg, then xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Rice.app. Needs brew install whisper.cpp.
• Windows (preview): Rice-Setup-0.4.0-x64.exe (SmartScreen: More info › Run anyway).
• Existing clones: ./update.sh (or git pull && ./install.sh if your clone predates 0.2.0).

New

• Global record shortcut: ⌥⌘R (Ctrl+Alt+R on Windows) starts or stops a recording from any app; it uses the calendar meeting happening now. Change or turn it off in Settings › Shortcuts.
• Pause: pause and continue a recording without stopping it; nothing is recorded or transcribed while paused, and the transcript marks the gap.
• Saved questions in chat: a lightbulb button in "Ask Rice" with ready-made questions ("Summary for someone who missed it", "Next steps per person"…) and your own.
• Web sources are kept with the answer when you reopen a meeting.
• Screenshots on the right screen: with several displays, Rice captures the screen (or window) of the call app.

Polish

• Calmer UI details: neutral search focus, friendly model names, menus that never overflow the window, "Generate notes" next to the template picker, refreshed screenshots in the README.

Install

• macOS (Apple Silicon): Rice-0.3.0-arm64.dmg, then xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Rice.app. You still need brew install whisper.cpp.
• Windows: Rice-Setup-0.3.0-x64.exe (SmartScreen: More info › Run anyway).
• From source: ./update.sh (or git pull && ./install.sh if your clone is older than 0.2.0).

New

• Windows (preview): installer for Windows 10 22H2 / 11 (x64). No echo cancellation yet (use headphones); calendar via Google only.
• Screenshots triggered by the conversation (optional, off by default): when someone says "let me share my screen" or "look at this chart", Rice takes a screenshot ~2 s later, links it to that sentence in the transcript and can cite it in the notes. Works with CLI subscriptions too (the decision is made from text). Manual capture: camera button or ⌘⇧S.
• Search the web in chat: globe button in "Ask Rice", off by default and per conversation; sources shown as links. Each provider only gets its search tool, never a shell.
• Record now on Home for calendar meetings happening now or starting within 10 minutes; "Prep notes" for later ones.
• Updating: ./update.sh for git clones, and a daily, anonymous check that shows "New version available" in Settings › Updates (can be turned off).

Fixes

• A meeting started from the "meeting is starting" notification now shows as recording in the sidebar.
• Smaller app (the package no longer includes build leftovers).

Install

• macOS (Apple Silicon): download Rice-0.2.0-arm64.dmg, drag Rice to Applications, then run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Rice.app (the app is not notarized by Apple). You still need brew install whisper.cpp.
• Windows: run Rice-Setup-0.2.0-x64.exe; on the SmartScreen warning choose More info › Run anyway.
• From source: git pull && ./install.sh once; afterwards ./update.sh.

Windows preview — not tested on real hardware yet. Built and tested on GitHub's Windows runners (typecheck, unit tests, app smoke test).

• Windows 10 22H2+ / 11, x64.
• Download Rice-Setup-0.1.0-x64.exe and run it. Windows SmartScreen may warn ("Windows protected your PC") because the installer is not code-signed: click More info › Run anyway.
• Transcription (whisper) is bundled/downloaded automatically. For the AI, paste an API key (Claude, OpenAI or Gemini) in Settings, or use a CLI you're signed in to (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode).
• Known limits in this preview: echo cancellation is off (use headphones), no macOS Calendar/Reminders (Google Calendar works), Antigravity is not available on Windows.

SHA-256: 0f8cd99d71940808d8b7bf506befda23e3146d429e9123aee4cffa3dde3c1a08

First public version of Rice: a Mac app that records your meetings, transcribes them on your machine and writes the notes with the AI you already use.

Highlights

• Local transcription with whisper.cpp (audio never leaves your Mac)
• Notes, chat and "ask about all my meetings" with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, OpenCode or Antigravity — your subscription or API key
• Live ideas and War room (investigation on the web, MCPs and a folder) during the meeting
• Folders, search, templates, attachments, calendar and reminders
• No servers, no telemetry, MIT

Install (Apple Silicon, macOS 14+)

• Developers: git clone https://github.com/WalissonCF/rice.git && cd rice && ./install.sh
• Or download Rice-0.1.0-arm64.dmg below. The app is not signed by Apple. If macOS says "Rice Not Opened", run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Rice.app, or go to System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway. You also need brew install whisper.cpp.

Primeira versão pública do Rice: um app para Mac que grava suas reuniões, transcreve no seu computador e escreve as notas com a IA que você já usa. Instalação e detalhes no README em português.