Press a hotkey, speak, done. Your words appear at the cursor — transcribed entirely on your Mac. No cloud, no account, no data collected.
No servers. No API keys. No analytics. Audio goes from your microphone to your cursor — then it's gone. Nothing is ever written to disk.
After the initial model download, LocalWhisper never makes a single network call. Verify it yourself — it's open source.
Audio is captured as float32 in memory, transcribed, and immediately discarded. Nothing is ever saved to disk — not even temporarily.
Every line of code is on GitHub. Audit the source, build it yourself, verify every claim. Transparency is not optional — it's the architecture.
Double-tap Ctrl to toggle, or hold Right ⌘ to push-to-talk — your choice. Recording starts instantly with a floating overlay.
Speak naturally while you keep working — switch apps, browse, type. The recording runs in the background.
Double-tap again (or release the hold key) to stop. Your speech is transcribed and pasted wherever your cursor is. Not in a text field? No problem — it's saved in the menu bar for you to copy later.
The lock + waveform icon reflects the current state with live animations. Adapts to light and dark mode automatically.
Speak in German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and 7 more languages. Auto-detect available too.
Speak in any language and get English output — translation happens on-device, no extra download needed.
Toggle on “Clean up” to automatically fix grammar, remove filler words like “um” and “uh”, and cut false starts.
From Tiny (75 MB, near-instant) to Large (3 GB, best accuracy). Pick your speed vs. quality preference in Settings.
Double-tap (Ctrl, Cmd, Shift) or hold (Right ⌘, Right ⌥) — choose your style. Press Escape to cancel.
A floating lock icon shows recording, processing, and translating states with live animations. Works in light and dark mode.
Toggle “Clean up” and the app removes filler words, fixes punctuation, and cuts false starts — keeping your exact words and sentence structure. All on-device.
Grab the .dmg, drag to Applications. On first launch, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (app is unsigned). Then grant Microphone & Accessibility permissions.
Download from GitHub ReleasesRequires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) · macOS 13+