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Starmel/OpenSuperWhisper

macOS dictation app observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Starmel/OpenSuperWhisper · Swift · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

73/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 61
  • Longevity 40
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: 62.0
  • age_days: 573
  • days_rel: 183
  • days_push: 23
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2721 stars · 231 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

OpenSuperWhisper is a macOS dictation application that records audio and transcribes it locally using Whisper or Parakeet models. It supports global keyboard shortcuts, mouse button triggers, hold-to-record mode, and drag-and-drop file transcription.

Use cases

  • dictate text anywhere on macOS with a keyboard shortcut
  • transcribe voice notes locally without cloud services
  • convert audio files to text by dragging them into the app
  • bind a mouse button to start and stop voice recording
  • transcribe speech in multiple languages with auto-detection

When to choose

  • you want private, on-device speech-to-text on an Apple Silicon Mac
  • you need system-wide dictation with customizable hotkeys
  • you want a free open-source alternative to commercial dictation tools

When to avoid

  • you need Windows or Linux support
  • you have an Intel Mac (Apple Silicon only)
  • you need streaming real-time transcription

Facets

application · maturity active

speech-recognition audio-processing gui speech-processing developer-tools apple-ecosystem dictation whisper parakeet voice-to-text local-transcription keyboard-shortcuts natural-language-processing macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Starmel/OpenSuperWhispermain73

For agents

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