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OpenWhisper

Local dictation and meeting notes with Whisper or the OpenAI API. Custom Whisper models, MCP history access, and shared engines over LAN/Tailscale.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

Official website

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by GitHub
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by GitHub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by GitHub
Account required: Noconfirmed by GitHub
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by GitHub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: GitHub, Unspecified source · macOS: GitHub, Unspecified source · Windows: GitHub, Unspecified source
Publisher: Knuckles92
Latest activity: 10 November 2026
Source code: github.com/Knuckles92/OpenWhisper

Overview

OpenWhisper is a note-taking program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: voice input and commands, Markdown support, hardware acceleration.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“OpenWhisper is a free, open-source dictation and meeting notes app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“OpenWhisper is a free, open-source dictation and meeting notes app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Feedback: If you’re unhappy with any part of the app, please open a GitHub issue and I’ll do my best to make it right ASAP. • Dictation: Record from any app with a global hotkey, see a live preview on supported…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Local Whisper All platforms (CPU), NVIDIA CUDA on Windows/Linux Dictation with preview, uploads, meetings” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of OpenWhisper is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 10 November 2026
Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub Knuckles92/OpenWhisper (MIT)

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