// Voice & music
openwhispr
Voice-to-text dictation with local and cloud (BYOK) models.
Open source Maintained For everyone
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
openwhispr is voice-to-text dictation with local and cloud (BYOK) models.
Good for: Anyone who wants AI to voice & music without setting anything up.
01How to start
- 1Open the official site or app store page (link above) and sign up.
- 2Available on: desktop.
- 3Pricing: Open source — start with the free tier if there is one.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → OpenAI Whisper OpenAI open-source robust speech recognition model. ★ 111k VoiceStudio An open-source, fully local ElevenLabs alternative: voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobooks (646 languages per the README), default engine built on k2-fsa/OmniVoice; exposes a local API and MCP for agents; one-command desktop install on macOS / Linux. AGPL-3.0 ★ 81k GPT-SoVITS Few-shot voice cloning and TTS. ★ 63k voicebox Open-source AI voice studio for cloning, dictation and creation. +272★/day VibeVoice Microsoft's open-source frontier voice AI. ★ 55k
03Related
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- GitHub stars：7,500 · whatstrending.ai 2026-10-10
- GitHub stars：9,000 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-10
- GitHub stars：9,247 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-12
- GitHub stars：9,247 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-13
- GitHub stars：9,247 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-14
- GitHub stars：9,247 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-15
- GitHub stars：9,247 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-16
- GitHub stars：9,557 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-19
- GitHub stars：9,557 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-20
- GitHub stars：9,557 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-21
- GitHub stars：9,557 · repos.ecosyste.ms 2026-10-22
For AI agents
- Interfaces：its own app or website
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/openwhispr.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-22