Get OpenWhispr on macOS and Linux Now!
Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform
Get OpenWhispr with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
OpenWhispr doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs OpenWhispr on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
OpenWhispr doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs OpenWhispr on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
OpenWhispr just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up OpenWhispr, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run OpenWhispr --help to see the available commands, and
OpenWhispr --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch OpenWhispr and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What OpenWhispr does
- Voice dictation — global hotkey to dictate into any app with automatic pasting
- AI agent — talk to GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Tinfoil, OpenRouter, or local models with a named voice assistant
- Local speaker diarization — on-device speaker labelling with voice fingerprint recognition across meetings, no cloud required
- Notes — create, organize, and search notes with folders, semantic search, cloud sync, and AI actions
- Audio import — transcribe existing audio and video: drag in files, batch-upload, or paste a YouTube/audio URL, with optional speaker detection
- Public API & MCP — manage notes and transcriptions programmatically or connect your AI assistant via the MCP server
Summarised from OpenWhispr's own documentation.
About OpenWhispr
Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform
| Category | Platform |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 8.8k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
OpenWhispr is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
OpenWhispr is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.