Perchnote raven, perched on a meeting notePerchnote

Take the raven home.

One DMG, no installer wizardry, nothing phoning home.

latest release

v0.8.0

20.1 MB · Apple Silicon · Jun 17, 2026

Download v0.8.0 for macOS

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What you need

  • macOS 14 or newer (Apple Intelligence and Apple Speech need macOS 26)
  • Apple Silicon
  • Microphone permission to record, Screen Recording permission to capture system audio
  • No account, no sign-up, no telemetry

Installing

  1. 1Download the DMG and drag Perchnote into your Applications folder.
  2. 2First launch: macOS may warn about an app from the internet. Open it once from Finder (right click, then Open) to clear that.
  3. 3The setup guide walks you through permissions and a five-second test recording. You are ready.