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OpenWhispr

Hotkey voice dictation with local or cloud speech models

  • AI media
  • Productivity
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What it is

A desktop dictation app: press a hotkey, speak, and the transcribed text is pasted at your cursor in any application. It can run offline with Whisper, NVIDIA Parakeet and other local models, or use cloud providers with your own API keys. It also records and transcribes meetings with speaker labels, keeps searchable notes, and offers a voice-driven AI assistant. People who write a lot and would rather talk than type can use it without sending audio off their machine.

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Stars
9,632 GitHub stars.
9,632

Forks
1,214
Commits
2,471
Contributors
106
Language
JavaScript
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
June 2025
First release
July 2025
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux
Self-hostable
No
Alternative to
Wispr Flow, Granola, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Tags
  • note-taking
  • voice-assistant
  • speech-to-text
  • local-ai

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Bluesky“I'm currently using openwhispr.com and the NVIDIA Parakeet model for my dictation needs. I'm running the model locally, so I'm only using my computer's power…”Mar 17, 2026 · 5 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Have you tried openwhispr.com All local. It’s the best I’ve found!”Jun 18, 2026 · 2 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Thanks for the specific recommendation! Looks like openwhispr.com is a good cross platform alternative if people lower costs and the ability to do local-only…”Aug 22, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“OpenWhispr - Website "Open source voice-to-text assistant. Private by design. Write faster in every app."... openwhispr.com ==========================…”Apr 18, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Stuff that really doesn't need a data center (at least not anymore now that many great models and a lot of heavy lifting had already been done and doesn't…”Sep 25, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Can recommend openwhispr.com for text entry by speach in any app on #Linux. #Whisper”Mar 8, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“I've been toying with OpenWhispr for the last few days and I like it. It's a little rough around the edges in terms of UI/UX but once you get past that, it's…”Dec 19, 2025 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)