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    cjpais/Handy

    #66 this week

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

    mobile
    accessibility
    cross-platform
    speech-to-text
    tauri-v2
    Rust
    MIT
    38.3K stars
    3.6K forks
    99 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 11, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #1 among Mobile repositories ranked this week, and #1 over the last 30 days; #66 of 163 repositories with measured growth this week (top 40%).

    This week's +1,029 stars is in line with its 30-day pace of about +1,100 per week.

    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 8 days ago, with 184 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +633 stars on Nov 2, coincided with release v0.10.0.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a free, open source, offline speech-to-text desktop application using Rust and Tauri.
    • Ensures privacy by processing all speech transcription locally without sending audio to the cloud.
    • Use for transcribing speech directly into any text field on Windows, macOS, or Linux without internet.
    • Use for developers seeking an extensible, forkable speech-to-text tool to customize or integrate.
    • Use for accessibility needs requiring a simple, privacy-focused voice input solution on multiple platforms.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

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

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

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

    Handy is a cross-platform desktop application built with Tauri (Rust + React/TypeScript) that provides simple, privacy-focused speech transcription. Press a shortcut, speak, and have your words appear in any text field—all without sending your voice to the cloud.

    Handy was created to fill the gap for a truly open source, extensible speech-to-text tool. As stated on handy.computer:

    Handy isn't trying to be the best speech-to-text app—it's trying to be the most forkable one.

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

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 14: +66Aug 15: +118Aug 16: +112Aug 17: +80Aug 18: +73Aug 19: +64Aug 20: +60Aug 27: +87Aug 28: +74Aug 29: +86Aug 30: +65Aug 31: +30Sep 14: +39Sep 15: +118Sep 16: +85Sep 17: +141Sep 18: -52Oct 4: +83Oct 5: +88Oct 6: +113Oct 7: +39Oct 10: +82Oct 11: +35Nov 2: +633Nov 3: +616Nov 4: +203Nov 5: +180Nov 6: +157Nov 7: +138Nov 8: +112Nov 9: +116Nov 10: +123Nov 11: +144

    +8,905 stars over 90 days across 42 snapshot days; best day +633 on Nov 2.

    Forks

    3.6K+1.0K

    Open issues

    221+69

    Compared with peers in Mobile

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

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    cjpais/Handy38.3K+1.0K758 days ago
    elie222/rakazo7.8K+95875today
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