Cicada

Overview

Cicada is a free, open-source cross-platform assistant for meetings and live streams. It reads computer system audio directly and provides real-time subtitles, simultaneous interpreting and AI meeting notes for online meetings, live streams, in-person meeting rooms and hybrid meetings. It does not place a bot into the meeting, and other participants do not need to install a client. On Apple-silicon Macs, speech recognition runs on-device, and recordings and meeting records stay on the local device.

Key Features

• Real-time subtitles automatically detect the spoken language and translate it into the system language, showing subtitles only when someone speaks; on Apple-silicon Macs, speech-to-text can run on-device. Simultaneous interpreting lets you hold the right Option key (right Ctrl

Use Cases

• Use Cicada in online meetings such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Feishu, Tencent Meeting and Google Meet for bilingual subtitles and meeting notes. Use it for audio played on the computer from X Spaces, YouTube live streams, Twitch, Discord, Bilibili live streams and podcasts. Use

Getting Started

• Download the installer for your platform from the official download page or GitHub Releases, and verify it with checksums.txt when needed. On Mac, open the DMG and drag the app into Applications; on Windows, double-click the installer; on Linux, extract the archive and run

Deployment & Requirements

• Mac requires macOS 14.4 or later on Apple silicon or Intel. Windows requires Windows 10 version 2004 or later on x64 or ARM64. Linux requires Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 desktop. Android requires Android 10 or later. Windows, Linux and Android require an AI service key; Mac AI notes

Before You Adopt

• License: Apache-2.0. Review its terms before using, modifying, or distributing the project.