How to export your Granola transcripts
Granola keeps your notes and transcripts in its cloud, so getting them out means exporting. You've got a couple of routes: Granola's own export, or community tools that sync your notes into Markdown and Obsidian. Here's how, plus the reason Peachy never asks you to export in the first place.
Export from Granola directly
The first place to look is Granola's own app. It supports exporting your notes, so check its export or share options for the formats it offers today. If you just want a copy of a meeting or two, this is the quickest route, and it keeps you inside the tool you already trust with the data.
Sync Granola into Obsidian or Markdown
If you live in Obsidian, or you just want your notes as plain Markdown files, the community has built sync tools that pull your Granola notes into a vault. Search for a Granola Obsidian sync plugin; a few community ones exist.
One catch worth knowing before you rely on it: some of these tools export Granola's AI summary rather than your own raw typed notes, often because of how the export works. So export a meeting you know well first and check that you're getting the content you actually want, transcript and all, not just the tidied-up version.
Why Peachy has nothing to export
Peachy takes a different path. Instead of storing your meetings in a cloud you later export from, it writes each meeting as a speaker-labeled Markdown file in a folder on your Mac from the start. There's no export step, because the file is already yours: already Markdown, already in your Obsidian vault if that's where your folder lives, already readable by your own AI. The question "how do I get my data out" never comes up, because it was never locked in.
Keep your meetings where your tools can read them
The reason to get transcripts into Markdown usually isn't the file format for its own sake. It's so your own tools can use them. Once your meetings are plain files in a folder, Obsidian can index them, your Claude can read them in place over MCP, and you own the record outright. That end state is what an export is chasing, and it's where Peachy starts.
Getting your meeting notes as files you keep
| Granola | Peachy | |
|---|---|---|
| Where notes start | In Granola's cloud | As a file on your Mac |
| To get Markdown | Export, or a community sync tool | Already Markdown, nothing to do |
| Into Obsidian | A sync tool into your vault | Point your folder at your vault |
| Raw transcript vs AI summary | Depends on what the export exposes | The full transcript, always yours |
| If a sync tool breaks | Your notes are still in the cloud | The files are already on your disk |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I export my transcripts from Granola?
- Use Granola's own export inside its app, or a community Obsidian sync tool if you want Markdown files. Check which one gives you the full transcript rather than just the AI summary before you rely on it.
- Can I export Granola notes to Obsidian?
- Yes, through community sync plugins that pull your notes into a vault. Search for a Granola Obsidian sync plugin. With Peachy, your meetings are already Markdown in a folder you can point Obsidian straight at.
- Does Granola export the full transcript or just the summary?
- It depends on the tool and how the export works; some export the AI summary rather than your raw notes and transcript. It's worth checking on a meeting you know. Peachy writes the full speaker-labeled transcript to your folder.
- What happens to my Granola notes if I cancel?
- They stay in Granola's cloud under its terms, so export a copy first if you want one on your own machine. Peachy's files already live on your Mac, so there's nothing to rescue.
- Is there a meeting notes app that doesn't need exporting?
- Yes. Peachy writes each meeting as a Markdown file in a folder you own from the start, so there's no export step and nothing to get locked in behind.
Skip the export step
Peachy writes every meeting as a Markdown file in your own folder, ready for Obsidian and your AI. Free to download, yours to keep.