EchoPad

Installation

Build EchoPad from source and install it in ~/Applications.

EchoPad is distributed as source for now. Building takes one command.

Requirements

  • macOS 26 or later.
  • Xcode 26 or the matching Command Line Tools (Swift 6.2).
  • About 500 MB of free space for the speech and speaker models, downloaded during setup.

Install

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/pieralukasz/echopad.git
cd echopad

Build and install

scripts/install.sh

This builds a release binary, bundles EchoPad.app, copies it to ~/Applications and opens it.

Follow the setup window

Setup asks for the microphone and system audio permissions, downloads the models and lets you pick where transcripts go. See First run.

Updating

Pull and run the installer again. It quits the running copy first; your settings and recordings stay where they are.

git pull
scripts/install.sh

Coming from EchoPad 1.x

EchoPad 2 is a rewrite in Swift. It needs no Python, no Homebrew and no Hugging Face token. The installer quits the old app and turns off its login item. Your old transcripts stay in their folders; point a save location at the same folder to keep one place.

Uninstall

scripts/uninstall.sh          # removes the app, keeps settings and recordings
scripts/uninstall.sh --purge  # also deletes ~/Library/Application Support/EchoPad

Transcripts in your save locations are never touched.

Introduction

EchoPad records calls and meetings on your Mac and turns them into transcripts with speakers, saved where you keep your notes.

First run

Permissions, the model download and your first save location.

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