# beyondcode/writeout.ai

Transcribe and translate your audio files - for free

Repository: https://github.com/beyondcode/writeout.ai
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/writeoutai
Homepage: https://writeout.ai
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-30T13:36:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 35, longevity 91
- inputs: {"age_days": 1275, "days_push": 64, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1525, forks 161 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.301131+00:00)

## What it is
A self-hosted Laravel web application that transcribes uploaded audio files using OpenAI's Whisper API and translates the transcripts via the OpenAI Chat API. It generates VTT transcripts in multiple languages using queued jobs.

## Use cases
- transcribe audio files to text
- translate audio transcripts into other languages
- generate subtitles from audio recordings
- self-host a free Whisper transcription service
- convert podcast audio into written text
- transcribe meeting recordings

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted web UI for audio transcription with Whisper
- you need transcripts translated into multiple languages
- you're comfortable running a PHP/Laravel app with an OpenAI API key

## When to avoid
- you need fully offline transcription without an OpenAI API key
- you want a CLI or batch pipeline rather than a web app
- you can't run a PHP/Laravel application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: speech-recognition, nlp, web-framework, file-upload
- domain: speech-processing, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: whisper, openai, laravel, transcription, translation, audio-to-text, natural-language-processing, web-server

## Member repositories
- beyondcode/writeout.ai (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.301131+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 2026-08-30T04:31:38.950592+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/beyondcode/writeout.ai (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.301131+00:00, sha 52227b5008a7)
  - homepage: https://writeout.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T11:34:15.234183+00:00, sha 3aceb867d789)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.