cjpais/Handy

A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.

AppsRust#speech-to-text#tauri-v2#accessibility#cross-platform

2.6 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

Cross-platform desktop app for offline speech-to-text: press a hotkey, speak, and the transcription is pasted into the active text field. Runs locally with Whisper or Parakeet, no cloud.

Useful for

Dictate text into any app without sending audio to the cloud
Trigger transcription via the --toggle-transcription CLI flag from a script or Raycast
Pick a Whisper or Parakeet model matching your hardware and language

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

34 stars today.
GitHub Trending Rust today: #18, +62 stars.
About 10 forks a day — people are taking the code.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 31,499
Stars in a day: 34
Forks: 2,866
Issues and pull requests: 1,551
Watchers: 97
Language: Rust
License: MIT
Latest release: v0.9.6 · August 24, 2026
Created: February 13, 2025
Last push: September 12, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 13, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #18, +62 stars

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