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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Aggravating-Gap7783 on 2025-04-12 13:57:09+00:00.


Hi r/selfhosted, I'm Dmitry, founder of Vexa. Many of us are uncomfortable sending sensitive meeting recordings/transcripts to third-party cloud services like Otter.ai, Fireflies, Fathom, or using closed-source APIs like Recall.ai due to privacy, compliance, or data control concerns.

We're building Vexa as an open-source (Apache 2.0) infrastructure layer specifically to address this. It's designed from the ground up with self-hosting in mind, allowing you to keep all meeting data entirely within your own control.What's Vexa v0.2?We just launched v0.2, focusing on the core API functionality:

  • Simple API: Programmatically send a bot to Google Meet.
  • Real-Time Transcripts: Get live, multilingual transcripts streamed back via the API.

Self-Hosting & Current Status:While the easiest way to test the API functionality right now is via our free Cloud Beta, the entire stack is open source and designed for self-deployment. It uses a microservice architecture (details and deployment steps are in DEPLOYMENT.md in the GitHub repo).

You can run it yourself today if you're comfortable deploying containerized services.

  • GitHub Repo (Code & Self-Hosting Docs): 

We'd love feedback from the self-hosting community, especially on:

  • Use cases where self-hosted transcription is critical.
  • Thoughts on the microservice architecture for self-hosting.
  • Challenges you've faced with cloud transcription tools.

Thanks for reading! I'll be around to answer questions.

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