Built by a diplomat · Designed for multilateral work

From long multilateral meetings to evidence-linked briefs.

BlueMinutes is a local-first macOS workbench shaped by firsthand diplomatic practice and designed around United Nations and other multilateral meeting workflows. Record or import multilingual meetings, review transcripts and speakers, structure positions and reservations, and produce concise, traceable briefing notes.

Independent open-source project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the United Nations, any government, or OpenAI.

BlueMinutes local media review workspace with transcript evidence and structured minutes

Current BlueMinutes source-release interface. Content shown is synthetic demonstration material.

Multilateral by design Preserve represented entities, positions, reservations, and conditions.
Local speech and language Use installed Apple models on supported Macs, with a manual path retained.
No bundled AI credits An eligible ChatGPT/Codex connection is in development, not resold usage.

The diplomatic workflow

From the floor to a brief that survives review.

BlueMinutes treats transcription as one stage in a review chain—not the final product and never an opaque summary you are expected to trust.

01

Bring or record the source

Import local media or make a visible, user-controlled recording inside a private macOS workspace.

02

Transcribe and structure

Keep original speech, interpretation, translation, speakers, and represented entities distinct and reviewable.

03

Confirm and brief

Review positions, proposals, decisions, reservations, and conditions before exporting evidence-linked briefing sections.

More than speech-to-text

Diplomatic nuance stays attached.

BlueMinutes keeps the identity, capacity, language path, evidence, and review state behind a statement visible throughout the work.

  • Speaker, represented entity, and speaking capacity
  • Positions, commitments, reservations, and conditions
  • Exact evidence references, revisions, and human confirmation
BlueMinutes public media review view showing source metadata
Current bounded UN Web TV metadata review. BlueMinutes does not download, extract, or redistribute UN media.

In development and on the roadmap

Your AI access. Official-source research. One review surface.

These MVP directions matter to BlueMinutes, but they are separated from the capabilities available in the current source release.

In development

Codex with an eligible ChatGPT plan

A planned official-runtime connection for bounded, user-selected text—without selling a second pool of BlueMinutes AI credits or sending raw meeting audio to Codex.

In development

Ask BlueMinutes

Discuss selected transcript passages and documents through a scoped meeting assistant while keeping evidence references and consequential output under human review.

Roadmap

Official UN source research

Planned UN Digital Library metadata search, on-demand ODS/UNDOCS retrieval, and available UN Transcript import—subject to source terms and explicit user action.

ChatGPT subscriptions and OpenAI API billing are separate. BlueMinutes is independent and does not imply United Nations or OpenAI endorsement.

Free throughout public beta and 1.0

A simple plan, before there is a price.

Future annual billing is designed around a standard $50 license, with a planned $35 early-supporter price. Sandbox checkout exists for testing only and cannot create a live charge.

See pricing design

See what is ready today.

Review current capabilities, distribution limits, the roadmap, and the local-first privacy boundary.

Open documentation