fix: rename Hyprnote to Char in user-facing text

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <p align="center">
   <p align="center">Char - The AI notepad for <strong>private</strong> meetings</p>
   <p align="center">
-   <a href="https://deepwiki.com/fastrepl/hyprnote"><img src="https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg" alt="Ask DeepWiki"></a>
+   <a href="https://deepwiki.com/fastrepl/char"><img src="https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg" alt="Ask DeepWiki"></a>
    <a href="https://hyprnote.com/discord" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Join%20our&message=Discord&color=blue&logo=Discord" alt="Discord"></a>
    <a href="https://x.com/tryhyprnote" target="_blank"><img src="https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Follow%20us%20on&message=X&color=black&logo=x" alt="X"></a>
   </p>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ brew install --cask fastrepl/hyprnote/hyprnote@nightly
 ```
 
 - [macOS](https://hyprnote.com/download) (public beta)
-- [Windows](https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote/issues/66) (q1 2026)
-- [Linux](https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote/issues/67) (q1 2026)
+- [Windows](https://github.com/fastrepl/char/issues/66) (q1 2026)
+- [Linux](https://github.com/fastrepl/char/issues/67) (q1 2026)
 
 ## Highlights
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Char plays nice with whatever stack you're running.
 
 Prefer a certain style? Choose from predefined templates like bullet points, agenda-based, or paragraph summary. Or create your own.
 
-Check out our [template gallery](https://hyprnote.com/templates) and add your own [here](https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote/tree/main/apps/web/content/templates).
+Check out our [template gallery](https://hyprnote.com/templates) and add your own [here](https://github.com/fastrepl/char/tree/main/apps/web/content/templates).
 
 ### AI Chat
 

apps/api/src/openapi.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use utoipa::{Modify, OpenApi};
 #[derive(OpenApi)]
 #[openapi(
     info(
-        title = "Hyprnote AI API",
+        title = "Char AI API",
         version = "1.0.0",
         description = "AI services API for speech-to-text transcription, LLM chat completions, and subscription management"
     ),

apps/desktop/flatpak/com.hyprnote.Hyprnote.desktop

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
-Name=Hyprnote
+Name=Char
 GenericName=AI Meeting Notes
 Comment=The AI notepad for private meetings
 Exec=hyprnote %U

apps/desktop/flatpak/com.hyprnote.Hyprnote.metainfo.xml

@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 <component type="desktop-application">
   <id>com.hyprnote.Hyprnote</id>
 
-  <name>Hyprnote</name>
+  <name>Char</name>
   <summary>The AI notepad for private meetings</summary>
 
   <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
   <project_license>MIT</project_license>
 
   <description>
     <p>
-      Hyprnote is an AI notetaking app specifically designed to take meeting notes.
-      With Hyprnote, you can transcribe all kinds of meetings whether it be online or offline.
+      Char is an AI notetaking app specifically designed to take meeting notes.
+      With Char, you can transcribe all kinds of meetings whether it be online or offline.
     </p>
     <p>Features:</p>
     <ul>
       <li>Listens to your meetings so you can only jot down important stuff</li>
-      <li>No bots joining your meetings - Hyprnote listens directly to sounds coming in and out of your computer</li>
+      <li>No bots joining your meetings - Char listens directly to sounds coming in and out of your computer</li>
       <li>Crafts perfect summaries based on your memos, right after the meeting is over</li>
       <li>Run completely offline by using LM Studio or Ollama</li>
       <li>Bring your own LLM - use local models via Ollama or third-party APIs like Gemini, Claude, or Azure-hosted GPT</li>
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
   <launchable type="desktop-id">com.hyprnote.Hyprnote.desktop</launchable>
 
   <url type="homepage">https://hyprnote.com</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote/issues</url>
-  <url type="vcs-browser">https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote</url>
-  <url type="contribute">https://github.com/fastrepl/hyprnote/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/fastrepl/char/issues</url>
+  <url type="vcs-browser">https://github.com/fastrepl/char</url>
+  <url type="contribute">https://github.com/fastrepl/char/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md</url>
 
   <developer id="com.hyprnote">
     <name>Fastrepl</name>

apps/desktop/flatpak/com.hyprnote.Hyprnote.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Flatpak manifest for Hyprnote
+# Flatpak manifest for Char
 # https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements
 #
 # To generate vendored dependencies:

apps/desktop/src/components/chat/body/empty.tsx

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function ChatBodyEmpty({
       <div className="flex justify-start px-3 py-2 pb-4">
         <div className="flex flex-col min-w-[240px] max-w-[80%]">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-2">
-            <img src="/assets/dynamic.gif" alt="Hyprnote" className="w-5 h-5" />
+            <img src="/assets/dynamic.gif" alt="Char" className="w-5 h-5" />
             <span className="text-sm font-medium text-neutral-800">
               Hyprnote AI
             </span>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function ChatBodyEmpty({
     <div className="flex justify-start px-3 pb-4">
       <div className="flex flex-col min-w-[240px] max-w-[80%]">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-1 mb-2">
-          <img src="/assets/dynamic.gif" alt="Hyprnote" className="w-5 h-5" />
+          <img src="/assets/dynamic.gif" alt="Char" className="w-5 h-5" />
           <span className="text-sm font-medium text-neutral-800">
             Hyprnote AI
           </span>

apps/desktop/src/components/main/sidebar/toast/registry.tsx

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function createToastRegistry({
         icon: (
           <img
             src="/assets/hyprnote-pro.png"
-            alt="Hyprnote Pro"
+            alt="Char Pro"
             className="size-5"
           />
         ),
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export function createToastRegistry({
         icon: (
           <img
             src="/assets/hyprnote-pro.png"
-            alt="Hyprnote Pro"
+            alt="Char Pro"
             className="size-5"
           />
         ),

apps/desktop/src/components/settings/ai/llm/configure.tsx

@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ export function ConfigureProviders() {
         <HyprProviderCard
           providerId="hyprnote"
           providerName="Hyprnote"
-          icon={
-            <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Hyprnote" className="size-5" />
-          }
+          icon={<img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Char" className="size-5" />}
         />
         {PROVIDERS.filter((provider) => provider.id !== "hyprnote").map(
           (provider) => (

apps/desktop/src/components/settings/ai/llm/shared.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const _PROVIDERS = [
     id: "hyprnote",
     displayName: "Hyprnote",
     badge: "Recommended",
-    icon: <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Hyprnote" className="size-5" />,
+    icon: <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Char" className="size-5" />,
     baseUrl: new URL("/llm", env.VITE_API_URL).toString(),
     requirements: [
       { kind: "requires_auth" },

apps/desktop/src/components/settings/ai/stt/configure.tsx

@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ export function ConfigureProviders() {
           <HyprProviderCard
             providerId="hyprnote"
             providerName="Hyprnote"
-            icon={
-              <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Hyprnote" className="size-5" />
-            }
+            icon={<img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Char" className="size-5" />}
             badge={PROVIDERS.find((p) => p.id === "hyprnote")?.badge}
           />
         </div>

apps/desktop/src/components/settings/ai/stt/shared.tsx

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const _PROVIDERS = [
     id: "hyprnote",
     displayName: "Hyprnote",
     badge: "Recommended",
-    icon: <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Hyprnote" className="size-5" />,
+    icon: <img src="/assets/icon.png" alt="Char" className="size-5" />,
     baseUrl: new URL("/stt", env.VITE_API_URL).toString(),
     models: [
       "cloud",

apps/desktop/src/components/settings/general/index.tsx

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function SettingsApp() {
                     {(telemetryConsentField) => (
                       <AppSettingsView
                         autostart={{
-                          title: "Start Hyprnote at login",
+                          title: "Start Char at login",
                           description:
                             "Always ready without manually launching.",
                           value: autostartField.state.value,

crates/api-research/src/mcp/prompts/research_chat.rs

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ use rmcp::{ErrorData as McpError, model::*};
 struct ResearchChatPrompt;
 
 pub(crate) fn research_chat() -> Result<GetPromptResult, McpError> {
-    hypr_mcp::render_prompt::<ResearchChatPrompt>("System prompt for the Hyprnote research chat")
+    hypr_mcp::render_prompt::<ResearchChatPrompt>("System prompt for the Char research chat")
 }

crates/api-research/src/mcp/server.rs

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl ServerHandler for ResearchMcpServer {
                 website_url: None,
             },
             instructions: Some(
-                "Hyprnote research server. Provides tools for web search and content retrieval powered by Exa."
+                "Char research server. Provides tools for web search and content retrieval powered by Exa."
                     .to_string(),
             ),
         }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl ServerHandler for ResearchMcpServer {
         Ok(ListPromptsResult {
             prompts: vec![Prompt::new(
                 "research_chat",
-                Some("System prompt for the Hyprnote research chat"),
+                Some("System prompt for the Char research chat"),
                 None::<Vec<PromptArgument>>,
             )],
             next_cursor: None,

crates/api-support/src/mcp/prompts.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pub(crate) fn support_chat() -> Result<GetPromptResult, McpError> {
     hypr_template_support::render_support_chat()
         .map_err(|e| McpError::internal_error(e.to_string(), None))
         .map(|content| GetPromptResult {
-            description: Some("System prompt for the Hyprnote support chat".to_string()),
+            description: Some("System prompt for the Char support chat".to_string()),
             messages: vec![PromptMessage::new_text(
                 PromptMessageRole::Assistant,
                 content,

crates/api-support/src/mcp/server.rs

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ impl ServerHandler for SupportMcpServer {
                 website_url: None,
             },
             instructions: Some(
-                "Hyprnote support server. Provides tools for GitHub issue management (search, create, comment) and Stripe billing operations (list subscriptions, billing portal). Always search before creating issues to avoid duplicates.".to_string(),
+                "Char support server. Provides tools for GitHub issue management (search, create, comment) and Stripe billing operations (list subscriptions, billing portal). Always search before creating issues to avoid duplicates.".to_string(),
             ),
         }
     }
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ impl ServerHandler for SupportMcpServer {
         Ok(ListPromptsResult {
             prompts: vec![Prompt::new(
                 "support_chat",
-                Some("System prompt for the Hyprnote support chat"),
+                Some("System prompt for the Char support chat"),
                 None::<Vec<PromptArgument>>,
             )],
             next_cursor: None,

crates/db-parser/src/v0/mod.rs

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub async fn parse_from_sqlite(path: &Path) -> Result<Collection> {
         .await?;
     let db = UserDatabase::from(db);
 
-    // Older Hyprnote DBs can have `sessions.words` as NULL/empty, but db-user's
+    // Older Char DBs can have `sessions.words` as NULL/empty, but db-user's
     // `Session::from_row` expects a non-null JSON string.
     let conn = db.conn()?;
     conn.execute(

crates/detect/src/app/macos.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use tokio::time::{Duration, sleep};
 
 use crate::BackgroundTask;
 
-// `defaults read /Applications/Hyprnote.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier`
+// `defaults read /Applications/Char.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier`
 const MEETING_APP_LIST: [&str; 3] = [
     "us.zoom.xos",         // tested
     "Cisco-Systems.Spark", // tested

crates/device-monitor/src/linux.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn setup_pulseaudio(stop_rx: &mpsc::Receiver<()>) -> Option<PulseAudioHandles> {
     if proplist
         .set_str(
             libpulse_binding::proplist::properties::APPLICATION_NAME,
-            "Hyprnote Device Monitor",
+            "Char Device Monitor",
         )
         .is_err()
     {

crates/eval/Cargo.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "eval"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
-description = "LLM evaluation runner for Hyprnote"
+description = "LLM evaluation runner for Char"
 
 [dependencies]
 backon = { workspace = true }

extensions/shared/API.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Hyprnote Extension API Reference
+# Char Extension API Reference
 
 > AUTO-GENERATED from runtime.ts
 

openstatus.lock

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       target: 200
     frequency: 1m
     kind: http
-    name: Hyprnote Web
+    name: Char Web
     openTelemetry: {}
     regions:
     - railway_europe-west4-drams3a
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       target: 200
     frequency: 1m
     kind: http
-    name: Hyprnote API
+    name: Char API
     openTelemetry: {}
     regions:
     - cdg
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       target: 200
     frequency: 1m
     kind: http
-    name: Hyprnote Web
+    name: Char Web
     openTelemetry: {}
     regions:
     - railway_europe-west4-drams3a
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       target: 200
     frequency: 1m
     kind: http
-    name: Hyprnote API
+    name: Char API
     openTelemetry: {}
     regions:
     - cdg

plugins/git/src/operations/local.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use crate::types::{CommitInfo, FileChangeType, FileStatus, StatusInfo};
 
-const DEFAULT_GITIGNORE: &str = "# Hyprnote auto-generated gitignore
+const DEFAULT_GITIGNORE: &str = "# Char auto-generated gitignore
 # Large audio files (not suitable for git)
 *.wav
 *.ogg

plugins/hooks/src/event.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fn push_cli_arg(args: &mut Vec<OsString>, field_name: &str, value: &str) {
 pub struct AfterListeningStoppedArgs {
     /// Path to the resource directory.
     pub resource_dir: String,
-    /// Application-specific Hyprnote data.
+    /// Application-specific Char data.
     pub app_hyprnote: String,
     /// Optional meeting-specific data.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl HookArgs for AfterListeningStoppedArgs {
 pub struct BeforeListeningStartedArgs {
     /// Path to the resource directory.
     pub resource_dir: String,
-    /// Application-specific Hyprnote data.
+    /// Application-specific Char data.
     pub app_hyprnote: String,
     /// Optional meeting-specific data.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]

plugins/importer/src/types.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl ImportSource {
             kind: Some(ImportSourceKind::HyprnoteV0Stable),
             transform: TransformKind::HyprnoteV0,
             path,
-            name: "Hyprnote v0 - Stable".to_string(),
+            name: "Char v0 - Stable".to_string(),
         })
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl ImportSource {
             kind: Some(ImportSourceKind::HyprnoteV0Nightly),
             transform: TransformKind::HyprnoteV0,
             path,
-            name: "Hyprnote v0 - Nightly".to_string(),
+            name: "Char v0 - Nightly".to_string(),
         })
     }
 

plugins/local-llm/src/commands.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub async fn list_supported_model() -> Result<Vec<ModelInfo>, String> {
         ModelInfo {
             key: SupportedModel::HyprLLM,
             name: "HyprLLM".to_string(),
-            description: "Experimental model trained by the Hyprnote team.".to_string(),
+            description: "Experimental model trained by the Char team.".to_string(),
             size_bytes: SupportedModel::HyprLLM.model_size(),
         },
         ModelInfo {

plugins/pdf/src/typst/content.rs

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ fn build_cover_page(
 
     cover.push_str("    #v(1fr)\n");
 
-    cover.push_str("    #text(size: 10pt, fill: muted-color)[Exported from Hyprnote]\n");
+    cover.push_str("    #text(size: 10pt, fill: muted-color)[Exported from Char]\n");
 
     cover.push_str("  ]\n");
     cover.push_str("]\n\n");

plugins/tray/src/menu_items/tray_open.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ impl MenuItemHandler for TrayOpen {
     const ID: &'static str = "hypr_tray_open";
 
     fn build(app: &AppHandle<tauri::Wry>) -> Result<MenuItemKind<tauri::Wry>> {
-        let item = MenuItem::with_id(app, Self::ID, "Open Hyprnote", true, None::<&str>)?;
+        let item = MenuItem::with_id(app, Self::ID, "Open Char", true, None::<&str>)?;
         Ok(MenuItemKind::MenuItem(item))
     }
 

plugins/windows/src/window/v1.rs

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl AppWindow {
 impl WindowImpl for AppWindow {
     fn title(&self) -> String {
         match self {
-            Self::Main => "Hyprnote".into(),
+            Self::Main => "Char".into(),
             Self::Control => "Control".into(),
         }
     }