A 10MB Tauri app for whispering answers in meetings

What it does

Pluely is a Tauri-built desktop overlay that hovers above your windows to offer real-time AI assistance during meetings and interviews. It captures system audio, voice input, screenshots, and file attachments, then pipes them to your choice of LLM providers. The app claims to render itself invisible to screen-sharing software and meeting platforms by using a translucent, always-on-top window.

The interesting bit

The entire pitch is operational security for the chronically unprepared: screenshot-proof overlays, hidden dock icons, and voice-activity detection so you can whisper prompts without touching the keyboard. It is essentially a well-funded startup’s business model repackaged as a 10MB GPL v3 project with a React frontend.

Key highlights

• ~10MB install via Tauri, compared to the proprietary alternative’s ~270MB footprint (per the README’s own comparison table).
• Supports multiple STT backends including OpenAI Whisper, ElevenLabs, and Groq Whisper, plus major LLM providers.
• Includes a full dashboard for chat history, custom system prompts, and token-usage tracking.
• Offers a paid license tier for faster responses and priority support, despite being open source under GPL v3.

Caveats

• The README’s performance and “undetectability” claims are self-reported; there is no independent verification cited.
• The project is largely a Tauri shell integrating existing speech-to-text and LLM APIs rather than novel engine work.

Verdict

Grab it if you want a hackable, lightweight meeting sidekick and don’t mind bringing your own API keys. Skip it if you find the concept of covert call assistance ethically off-putting or were hoping for a self-hosted model runner.