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    #119 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
    33.6K stars
    3.1K forks
    33.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 13, 2026
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    Where it stands

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

    Ranks #119 of 1,950 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 6%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 9 days ago, with 175 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #4 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 2, its best in the past year.

    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?

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    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

    Jul 16: +94Jul 17: +77Jul 18: +43Jul 19: +120Jul 20: +94Jul 21: +81Jul 22: +99Jul 23: +96Jul 24: +96Jul 25: +86Jul 26: +94Jul 27: +79Jul 28: +89Jul 29: +97Jul 30: +85Jul 31: +306Aug 1: +135Aug 2: +120Aug 3: +122Aug 4: +76Aug 5: +102Aug 6: +83Aug 7: +95Aug 8: +76Aug 9: +68Aug 10: +80Aug 11: +108Aug 12: +68Aug 13: +65Aug 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: +35

    +7,030 stars over 90 days across 58 snapshot days; best day +306 on Jul 31.

    Forks

    3.1K+840

    Open issues

    174+2

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