kitlangton/Hex
VOICE → WORDS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 41
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 583
- days_rel: 6
- days_push: 45
- n_releases_24m: 35
Adoption not part of the score
2890 stars · 228 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hex is a macOS application that converts your voice to text: press-and-hold a global hotkey to record, and it transcribes on-device and pastes the result wherever you're typing. It uses Parakeet TDT v3 (via FluidAudio) or WhisperKit for local transcription and is built with Swift Composable Architecture and SwiftUI.
Use cases
- dictate text anywhere on macOS with a hotkey
- transcribe voice to text locally without the cloud
- paste spoken words into any app
- voice typing on Apple Silicon Macs
- lock recording mode for long dictation
- choose between Parakeet and Whisper transcription models
When to choose
- you want fast, private, on-device voice dictation on macOS
- you use an Apple Silicon Mac and want a hotkey-driven transcription tool
- you prefer open-source alternatives to commercial dictation tools
When to avoid
- you need Windows or Linux support
- you have an Intel Mac
- you need cloud-based transcription with speaker diarization or file batch processing
Facets
application · maturity active
speech-recognition audio-processing gui speech-processing developer-tools apple-ecosystem voice-to-text dictation whisper parakeet on-device-transcription swiftui hotkey apple-silicon natural-language-processing macos swift desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex · fetched 2026-08-28 · fc5656f3eaac
- homepage: https://hex.kitlangton.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d718c238cfb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kitlangton/Hex | main | 85 |
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