• Picks
  • Discover
  • Alternatives
  • About

© 2026 Willet

  • Newsletter
  • About
  • FAQ
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
Join the Discord (opens in a new tab)
ALTIC avatar

FluidVoice

On-device voice dictation for macOS with local AI text cleanup

  • AI media
  • Productivity
View on GitHub
Website

What it is

FluidVoice is a macOS menu bar app that turns speech into text in any app using local speech models such as Parakeet, Whisper, and Apple Speech. A global hotkey starts capture, a live overlay shows words as you speak, and optional AI post-processing fixes formatting and capitalization, either locally or through providers like OpenAI and Groq. It also has a voice command mode for launching apps and running shortcuts, and a write mode for rewriting selected text. Mac users who type a lot can dictate emails, notes, and messages without sending audio to the cloud.

Images

Facts

Stars
12,320 GitHub stars.
12,320

Forks
893
Commits
1,354
Contributors
46
Language
Swift
License
GPL-3.0
Last commit
Oct 19, 2026
On GitHub since
September 2025
First release
September 2025
Platforms
macOS
Self-hostable
No
Alternative to
Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Author
ALTIC
Tags
  • voice-assistant
  • writing
  • speech-to-text
  • local-ai

Last synced from GitHub on Oct 20, 2026

The 10 best overlooked open-source projects, every Monday.

Share and more

Comments

No comments yet. Start the conversation.

Similar projects

  • CJ Pais avatar

    Handy

    Offline desktop dictation that types your speech into any text field

    34.2k
  • OpenWhispr avatar

    OpenWhispr

    Hotkey voice dictation with local or cloud speech models

    9.6k
  • Jamie Pine avatar

    Voicebox

    Local desktop studio for voice cloning, speech generation, and dictation

    58.1k

What people are saying

Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • Bluesky“FluidVoice: "Free open source voice-to-text for macOS. Local-first dictation with Parakeet, Apple Speech, Whisper, AI enhancement, command mode, write mode…”Aug 2, 2026 · 3 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsFluidVoice - Open source voice-to-text dictation app for macOS with local AIJun 30, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Talking a lot to my computer. Am I getting crazy❓🤪 Replaced Open-Wispr with FluidVoice. Model: Nvidia's Parakeet model + Fluid-1 - Feels faster - Improved…”Sep 1, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Currently loving FluidVoice, fast AI assessed dictation anywhere you can type on a Mac, and it does the whole AI part locally and offline too. It's free, open…”Aug 19, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Started with Every's Monologue which cost a fortune, switched to "Voice Type" by Careless Whisper which was cheap, now using FluidVoice which is free and…”Jun 29, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)