# openwhispr

> Privacy-first voice dictation, meeting transcription, and notes

OpenWhispr is a cross-platform voice-to-text application for dictation, meeting transcription, and note-taking. It supports fully offline speech recognition using local models like Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet, as well as cloud AI providers. It runs as a desktop application on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with an accompanying mobile app.

- Source: https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr
- Homepage: https://openwhispr.com
- License: MIT
- Built with: JavaScript 53.3%, TypeScript 42.1%, Swift 2.7%, Other 1.9%
- Stars: 10257
- Forks: 1317
- Contributors: 112
- Last commit: 2026-10-28
- Latest release: v1.10.4 (2026-10-22)
- Purpose: AI & LLM tooling, Self-hosted apps, Local inference, Notes & docs
- Type: Desktop, Mobile
- For: Personal, Enterprise
- Enterprise signals: sso, rbac

## Worth score: 77/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 20/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 11/15
- Readiness: 11/15

## Downloads

Latest release: [1.10.4](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/tag/v1.10.4). Files from the project's GitHub release, not checked by DigGitHub.

Windows:

- [OpenWhispr-Setup-1.10.4.exe](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-Setup-1.10.4.exe) (243 MB, 15k downloads)

macOS:

- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-mac.zip.blockmap](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-mac.zip.blockmap) (331 KB, 101 downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-mac.zip](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-mac.zip) (313 MB, 300 downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4.dmg](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4.dmg) (314 MB, 535 downloads)
- [latest-x64-mac.yml](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/latest-x64-mac.yml) (500 B, 8.5k downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64-mac.zip.blockmap](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64-mac.zip.blockmap) (321 KB, 2.8k downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64-mac.zip](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64-mac.zip) (313 MB, 5.8k downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64.dmg](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64.dmg) (314 MB, 4.2k downloads)
- [latest-mac.yml](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/latest-mac.yml) (518 B, 1.4k downloads)
- [latest-arm64-mac.yml](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/latest-arm64-mac.yml) (518 B, 169k downloads)

Linux:

- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x86_64.AppImage) (508 MB, 1.2k downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-amd64.deb](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-amd64.deb) (438 MB, 586 downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x86_64.rpm](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x86_64.rpm) (408 MB, 161 downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x64.tar.gz](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-linux-x64.tar.gz) (501 MB, 658 downloads)
- [latest-linux.yml](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/latest-linux.yml) (730 B, 20k downloads)

Other files:

- [OpenWhispr-Setup-1.10.4.exe.blockmap](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-Setup-1.10.4.exe.blockmap) (259 KB, 7.4k downloads)
- [latest.yml](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/latest.yml) (352 B, 166k downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4.dmg.blockmap](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4.dmg.blockmap) (336 KB, 3 downloads)
- [OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64.dmg.blockmap](https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr/releases/download/v1.10.4/OpenWhispr-1.10.4-arm64.dmg.blockmap) (336 KB, 4 downloads)

## Alternatives

- [omi](https://diggithub.com/BasedHardware/omi.md): AI assistant capturing audio and screen to build personal memory
- [karakeep](https://diggithub.com/karakeep-app/karakeep.md): Self-hostable bookmarking app with AI tagging and search
- [GenOffice](https://diggithub.com/genspark-ai/genoffice.md): Open-source AI office suite
- [SiYuan](https://diggithub.com/siyuan-note/siyuan.md): Privacy-first knowledge workspace
- [AppFlowy](https://diggithub.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy.md): Open-source Notion alternative with AI
- [Logseq](https://diggithub.com/logseq/logseq.md): Privacy-first outliner and knowledge graph
- [Joplin](https://diggithub.com/laurent22/joplin.md): Privacy-focused notes with sync
- [LLM Wiki](https://diggithub.com/nashsu/llm_wiki.md): Turn documents into an interlinked knowledge base

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr
Updated: 2026-10-29