How to Build Your Own Fireflies.ai
Replace Fireflies.ai with a custom build. The #1 AI Notetaker For Your Meetings
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 71 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 71 features
Industry-Specific(9 features)
AI applications for engineering teams to track technical discussions and decisions
AI applications for finance teams to extract financial insights from meetings
AI applications for healthcare organizations compliant with HIPAA requirements
AI applications for marketing teams to extract campaign insights and content ideas
AI applications for media and podcast teams to extract and analyze content
+4 more in this category
Analytics(8 features)
Advanced analytics to help uncover insights across every conversation with detailed metrics and analysis
Dynamic feed that highlights recent conversations and key topics discussed across your meetings
Automatically detect and track key topics discussed across meetings
Automatically identify questions raised during meetings
AI-powered sentiment analysis across conversations and topics
+3 more in this category
Transcription(5 features)
Transcribe audio and video files (MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A) with AI meeting summaries
Automatically switch languages from meeting to meeting with ease
95% accurate transcription with speaker recognition and auto-language detection across 100+ languages
Support for multiple languages in a single meeting with real-time translation capabilities
Fireflies identifies different speakers in meetings and audio files automatically
Compliance(4 features)
Complete protection of PHI with business associate agreement for healthcare compliance
Rigorous data protection and privacy standards in line with European regulations
Complete protection for healthcare organizations with PHI safeguards
Follows industry standards for data security, privacy, and confidentiality
AI Assistant(3 features)
Review meetings and answer any questions about the conversation, providing real-time suggestions, coaching, and answers during meetings
AI-powered personal assistant that helps manage meeting follow-ups and tasks
Ask Fireflies questions and get accurate, up-to-date answers right inside video calls without switching tabs
AI Automation(3 features)
200+ AI apps to automatically extract key details, generate follow-up emails, score candidates, and other insights from meetings
Automate meetings with AI SDRs and recruiters that attend and speak on your behalf
AI agents that can answer questions and participate in live meetings
Real-time Assistance(3 features)
Get real-time suggestions, coaching, and answers during meetings as they happen
See transcriptions appear in real-time as participants speak during meetings
Get live transcripts, instant notes, and action items as meetings happen in real-time
Security & Administration(3 features)
Enterprise customers can set custom data retention policies tailored to their needs
System for Cross-domain Identity Management for automated user provisioning
Enterprise single sign-on integration for secure access management
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 71 features at easy complexity.