# zachlatta/freeflow

Free & fast alternative to Wispr Flow

Repository: https://github.com/zachlatta/freeflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freeflow
Homepage: https://freeflow.zachlatta.com
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-19T08:50:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 85, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 199, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 88}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2576, forks 254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:01.524532+00:00)

## What it is
FreeFlow is a free, open-source macOS dictation app that transcribes speech via Groq's fast API and pastes cleaned text into any focused text field. It offers context-aware cleanup, custom vocabulary, voice macros, and an edit mode for transforming selected text with spoken instructions.

## Use cases
- dictate text into any app on macOS instead of typing
- replace Wispr Flow or Superwhisper without a subscription
- clean up filler words and punctuation from raw speech-to-text output
- dictate names and jargon correctly using nearby app context
- transform selected text with spoken commands like 'make this shorter'
- define voice macros that paste predefined text snippets

## When to choose
- you want fast, subscription-free voice dictation on a Mac
- you need AI-powered cleanup of dictated text with custom vocabulary
- you prefer open source and want to control your transcription provider via OpenAI-compatible endpoints

## When to avoid
- you need fully offline or local transcription with no API calls
- you use Windows or Linux rather than macOS
- you don't want to sign up for a Groq or other API key

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: speech-recognition, nlp, llm-inference, developer-tools
- domain: speech-processing, developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: dictation, voice-to-text, wispr-flow-alternative, groq, transcription, voice-macros, open-source, natural-language-processing, macos

## Member repositories
- zachlatta/freeflow (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.524532+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:43.689413+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zachlatta/freeflow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.524532+00:00, sha ff95601e8aae)
  - homepage: https://freeflow.zachlatta.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:21.310901+00:00, sha ce07bd0db897)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.