Software · Utilities & files

Whis

Turn speech into text.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Frank Dierolf
Latest version: 0.7.2 (20 January 2026)
Latest activity: 20 January 2026
Source code: github.com/frankdierolf/whis

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing: offline use.

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

“Local mode works fully offline.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Whis is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Whis transcribes your voice and copies the text to your clipboard. Press a shortcut, speak, release—your words are ready to paste anywhere. Choose cloud transcription for speed or local transcription for privacy. Local mode works fully offline. Features: Global keyboard shortcut Cloud or local transcription AI post-processing to transform text into emails, prompts, or custom formats

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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