Starmel

    Starmel/OpenSuperWhisper

    macOS dictation app

    ios
    dictation
    macos
    parakeet
    whisper
    Swift
    MIT
    3.1K stars
    280 forks
    3.1K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 27, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 237 days ago, with 19 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #95 in the weekly ranking the week of Jun 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a macOS app for real-time audio recording and transcription using Whisper and Parakeet engines.
    • Enables seamless, customizable transcription with global keyboard shortcuts and multi-microphone support on Apple Silicon Macs.
    • Use for dictating notes or documents hands-free with hold-to-record keyboard shortcuts on macOS.
    • Use for transcribing pre-recorded audio files by drag-and-drop with queue processing.
    • Use for multilingual transcription including Asian language autocorrect with automatic language detection.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    OpenSuperWhisper is a macOS application that provides real-time audio transcription using the Whisper model. It offers a seamless way to record and transcribe audio with customizable settings and keyboard shortcuts.

    Excerpt from the Starmel/OpenSuperWhisper README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    280+82

    Open issues

    96+14

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