Open source alternatives to Superwhisper
2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Superwhisper does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Superwhisper does
- Voice dictation into any appcore
- Accurate AI transcriptioncore
- Offline local models
- AI rewriting and formatting modes
- Custom vocabulary
- Transcribe audio files
- Keyboard shortcut activation
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 qwen-scribeLocal speech transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon Macs |
Replaces it89% | 224+1 | None | Too few | Install like an app | Apache-2.0 | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Not shown: AI rewriting and formatting modes.See the evidence
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 openwhisprVoice dictation app using local Whisper or Parakeet, or cloud models |
Not checked yet | 12k+96 | 16 days ago | 76% | Install like an app | MIT | |
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