# Open-source alternatives to Fathom

Fathom is a AI meeting recorder and summarizer for Zoom, Meet and Teams. If you would rather own the software, keep data on your own server or avoid per-seat pricing, these open-source tools tackle the same problem: run better meetings. Meetings are where decisions happen and then get forgotten. Capture them automatically and turn them into actions.

## Closest matches
- [Vexa](https://infinioffice.com/tools/vexa/): Open-source meeting transcription API with auto-join bots for Meet, Teams and Zoom, plus an MCP server. (https://github.com/Vexa-ai/vexa)
- [Whisper](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisper/): OpenAI's open speech-recognition model: transcribe calls, meetings and videos. (https://github.com/openai/whisper)
- [WhisperX](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisperx/): Whisper with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization; great for captions. (https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX)
- [whisper.cpp](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisper-cpp/): Fast C/C++ port of Whisper that runs transcription locally on a laptop. (https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp)

## Also open source in Run better meetings
- [Cal.com (open source)](https://infinioffice.com/tools/cal-com-open-source/): Open scheduling infrastructure: booking pages, round-robin and routing you can self-host. (https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy)
- [Jitsi Meet](https://infinioffice.com/tools/jitsi-meet/): Open-source video conferencing you can self-host or embed. (https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet)

## Hosted vs open source

Open source swaps a subscription for setup time. Fathom is hosted, supported and updated for you; with the tools below you (or someone you hire) install, update, back up and secure them. 4 of the 6 with a setup rating here need a developer. Most can also be bought as a hosted cloud plan from the same maintainers, which is a good middle path. Check each licence before you build on it.

Fathom on InfiniOffice: https://infinioffice.com/tools/fathom/