# akou

akou is a self-hosted ai app. Self-hosted transcription server. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/6962/akou

## Description

Self-hosted transcription server. A program uploads an audio file and reads back the text with word and segment times and speaker labels, as JSON, SRT or VTT, by long-poll, an event feed or a signed webhook. It also answers the OpenAI transcription endpoint (POST /v1/audio/transcriptions). A web page shows the job queue, the API keys, the models and the settings. This is the server mode of akou, a call recorder for macOS, with the same core. First use: the speech models (about 3 GB) download on the first job. Set the web page's admin password from the Unraid terminal, at least 12 characters (this reads it without echo): read -rs P && printf '%s' "$P" | docker exec -i -u 1000:1000 akou akou admin set-password; unset P then log in and create one API key per program on the Keys page. Folders: Unraid creates the appdata folders as root, and akou runs as uid

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

47/100 (Fair), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 79 (last commit 0 days ago)
- Popular: 19 (8 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 20 (1 install platform, Docker image)

## Links

- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/akou-1uohyov1qfjf77?q=akou
- GitHub: https://github.com/GeiserX/akou
- Official website: https://geiserx.github.io/akou/
- Documentation: https://geiserx.github.io/akou/getting-started/

## Common questions

### Can the self-hosted server integrate with common transcription targets?

The Docker server exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, a Wyoming endpoint for Home Assistant Assist, and Bazarr's /asr endpoint. File jobs are also part of the server mode.

### Can I control calls from a terminal agent?

Yes. Claude Code, Codex, or another MCP-compatible agent can start, follow, question, and annotate a call through a local API or MCP.

### How can finished calls be saved into my own tools?

A finished call can be handed off as Markdown, an event log, and the audio via an export folder, hooks, a signed webhook, or the API.

### Do I need a meeting bot or virtual audio driver to record?

No. akou records the microphone and call audio on separate channels without a bot in the meeting or a virtual audio driver.

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Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/6962/akou), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.