Open source alternatives to Superwhisper

By GitHub stars it is Handy, with 38,688 stars and a commit on 13 Nov. Choose Handy when you want free local Whisper dictation with open code you can change, on Windows and Linux as well as Mac. Next come VoiceInk (7,118 stars).

Yes. The code of all 2 is public under MIT or GPL 3.0, so you can use them with no licence fee. Running one yourself costs the server and your time to look after it, and some makers also sell a hosted plan.

Start from the job you use Superwhisper for. Choose VoiceInk when you want Mac dictation whose code is open under GPL-3.0, with local models and a one-time license from $25.

1 of the 2: Handy. Each tool's page says what it needs to run.

All 2 we track had a commit in the last 30 days, among them Handy and VoiceInk. A recent commit shows the project is kept up, not that it will stay that way.

MIT (1), GPL 3.0 (1). MIT, BSD and Apache let you change and reuse the code freely. GPL and AGPL ask you to share your changes under the same licence when you give the software to others, and AGPL also counts letting people use it over a network.

The hosting. Superwhisper's maker runs the servers for you; with an open source tool the updates, backups, security fixes and support are yours, unless you take the maker's hosted plan. Features differ too, so check what each one imports and exports before you move your data.