Barside

Barside is an AI productivity tool that combines note-taking, tasks, calendar and team collaboration into one local-first desktop app, built for knowledge workers and small teams who want to replace several subscription tools with a single workspace. Notes hold headings, checklists, tables, code, links and multimedia, with built-in Excalidraw drawing and a graph view that shows how notes connect. The calendar syncs with Google Calendar or Outlook, and a clipboard history lets you paste things you copied earlier. Barside also records your screen and transcribes it with timestamps, and its video-clipping tools can cut a video by its words and add animated captions. A built-in AI assistant helps edit and organize your library. Team spaces add private collaboration with video meetings for up to six people. Because it is local-first, your library lives on your own computer rather than a vendor's server. For people comparing the best AI for an all-in-one second brain, Barside is notable for bundling screen recording and word-based video editing alongside standard notes and tasks, with the core desktop app offered free.

Taking connected notes, managing tasks and calendars, recording and transcribing your screen, clipping videos by words, and collaborating in team spaces.