opennookorg/betterwispr
- Total stars
- 155
- Today · UTC
- +21since 18:42 UTC
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Free, open-source, local-first dictation app for macOS. Hold a shortcut, speak, and text is typed into any app. On-device speech-to-text with Whisper, Parakeet and Apple speech. Private, offline, open-source Wispr Flow alternative.
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About the project
Local-first macOS dictation app: hold a shortcut, speak, and transcribed text is pasted into any app using on-device Whisper, Parakeet or Apple speech. Positions itself as a free, open-source offline alternative to Wispr Flow.
Useful for
- Dictate messages and documents into any app without sending audio to the cloud
- Transcribe meetings live and generate on-device summaries and action items
- Connect a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint for transcription when local models are not enough
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 11, 2026, 20:56 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-11 (UTC), 18:42–20:49: 134 → 155 stars (+21). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +24 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 4 days old and already has 155 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #162.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac” — 116 points, 8 h ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 4, 2026
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- October 5, 2026
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- October 6, 2026
- —
- October 7, 2026
- 0
- October 8, 2026
- 58
- October 9, 2026
- 12
- October 10, 2026
- 3
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 58 · October 8, 2026. Days with data: 4.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 11, 2026, 20:56 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 155
- Today
- +21 stars measured 2026-10-11, 18:42–20:49 UTC, ≈ 24 by evening
- Forks
- 12
- Issues and pull requests
- 6
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- Swift
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- v0.1.4 · October 9, 2026
- Created
- October 7, 2026
- Last push
- October 11, 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.
Hacker News discussions
- Show HN: BetterWispr – Free, open-source dictation for Mac116 points, October 11, 2026
Spotted in
- October 11, 2026Top new repositories this week: #162
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