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Recordist on Windows and Linux

Recordist runs on Windows and Linux as it does on the Mac: 64-bit x86 (x64) builds from the same code, updated together. They download free from the download page, the same way as the Mac, with no account, no email and no invitation. The download page shows the version each button serves.

Your first call

Tell us how your first call goes. A person reads every note and writes back within one business day. Settings → General → Export diagnostics gives you a bundle with no audio and no transcript text; read it before you send it to support@recordist.app.

The files

  • Windows: Recordist_<version>_x64-setup.exe.
  • Linux: Recordist_<version>_amd64.AppImage and Recordist_<version>_amd64.deb.

<version> is the version each button serves, which the download page shows next to it.

The download page shows the SHA-256 of each file next to its button, so you can check it before you run it.

What it needs

  • Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, and a processor with AVX2. Most Intel Core processors from 2013 on and AMD Ryzen have it. Some Pentium and Celeron models do not.
  • Linux: x86_64 with glibc 2.35 or newer (Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian 12 and later), PipeWire or PulseAudio, and FUSE 2 for the AppImage. See Installing Recordist on Linux.

Signing

The Windows installer is signed by us through Microsoft. The app it installs is not signed yet. While the signature is new, Edge and SmartScreen may still ask once, and until the app is signed, Smart App Control or a PC that allows only signed software may stop it. We never ask anyone to turn protection off. See Windows says it protected your PC.

The Mac build is signed with our Apple Developer ID (Team ID JNC57WQK69) and notarised by Apple.

Updates on Windows and Linux come through the app and are signed with Recordist’s own updater key. See How updates work.

What differs from the Mac

  • On the Mac for now: Instant Replay, Share, saving a PDF straight to a file (on Windows and Linux, Save as PDF opens the print window), the Stream Deck key, the managed settings for IT with the organisation archive, FaceTime detection and Apple Calendar.

  • Wayland. The record card cannot stay on top, global shortcuts do not work, and window titles are not read.

  • Window titles. Off until you turn on Read the meeting app’s window title under Settings → Detection, on Windows and on Linux under X11; with it on, only the windows of the program that has the microphone are read, and a browser’s only when the title is a meeting page. Never read on Wayland. Without the setting, a call in a browser stays “Browser” unless the Chrome extension is paired or a calendar feed names the meeting.

  • GNOME without the AppIndicator extension shows no tray icon.

  • Prep Briefs read your Mac calendar or a calendar feed on the Mac, and a calendar feed on Windows and Linux. Add the feed under Settings → Detection.

  • Managed settings for IT are read only from a macOS configuration profile, so they do not apply on Windows or Linux.

  • Notes engine. The first time you make notes, the app downloads the notes engine, about 1.4 GB, from GitHub. Transcription runs on the processor and is slower than on a Mac.

  • Microphone. On Windows, two switches must be on: Which permissions Recordist needs on Windows.

Recordist

Recordist for Mac is downloading.

Thank you for trying Recordist. Three small steps and it is ready before your next call. Open it now, so it is set up in time.

  1. 1Open the download and drag Recordist to Applications, then open it from there.
  2. 2Allow the microphone and system audio when your Mac asks, so both sides of the call are heard. Calendar is optional: it names your meetings and who is in them.
  3. 3Close the window when you like. Recordist waits in the menu bar and, when your next call starts, asks: Record this meeting? Nothing is recorded until you say yes.

The first time it opens, Recordist downloads its speech model: 142 MB in English, 466 MB for other languages. That usually takes a minute or two, and you can record once it finishes. The notes engine, 1 to 3 GB, follows in the background.

While it downloads, see a finished call in your browser

Every install includes 7 days of Pro, so your first calls are written up in full.

No call today? Import a recording you already have: in Recordist, Meetings, then Import audio. One of 10 minutes or more starts your 7 days of Pro, and the notes follow the transcript.

While it downloads, get your Free key. 10 AI notes a month instead of 3, with no end date. Optional: your download has already started.

Two emails: a link to confirm, then a copy of your key. Nothing else unless you ask. We never sell or share your address, and Resend, our email service, sends them for us. Privacy

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