Open source alternatives to Wispr Flow

By GitHub stars it is Handy, with 38,688 stars and a commit on 13 Nov. Choose Handy when you want push-to-talk dictation that never sends audio to the cloud, costs nothing and also runs on Linux. 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 Wispr Flow for. Choose VoiceInk when you want open source Mac dictation that transcribes on your own Mac, for a one-time license from $25 instead of a subscription.

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. Wispr Flow'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.