# abb128/LiveCaptions

Linux Desktop application that provides live captioning

Repository: https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/livecaptions
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-02-27T21:24:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 8, release rhythm 8, longevity 98
- inputs: {"age_days": 1372, "days_push": 552, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1783, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.741891+00:00)

## What it is
LiveCaptions is a Linux desktop application that displays real-time captions for desktop or microphone audio using a local speech recognition model. All processing happens on-device with no proprietary services, built on the aprilasr library.

## Use cases
- show live captions for videos and calls on linux
- caption microphone audio in real time offline
- accessibility tool for deaf and hard of hearing users
- transcribe desktop audio without sending it to the cloud
- get live subtitles on a steam deck or older laptop

## When to choose
- you need free, fully local live captioning on linux
- privacy matters and audio must never leave the machine
- you have a reasonably modern CPU but no GPU

## When to avoid
- you need languages other than english
- you need highly accurate or critical transcription
- you need GPU-accelerated or server-scale batch transcription

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: speech-recognition, audio-processing, gui, accessibility
- domain: accessibility, speech-processing, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: live-captions, closed-captions, onnxruntime, flatpak, local-processing, privacy, english-only, natural-language-processing, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- abb128/LiveCaptions (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.741891+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 2026-08-30T03:24:18.151238+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.741891+00:00, sha 333fdb53f0a6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.