Privacy-wary dev open-sources openwhisper, a 900-line Swift macOS dictation app
louisvarge · x · 2026-11-03
Developer louisvarge, citing information-security concerns, ditched commercial dictation tools like WhisperFlow and Superwhisper and vibe-coded his own alternative, openwhisper, now open source.
- Minimal flow: hotkey → speak → OpenAI transcription → pasted at your cursor
- Private by design: audio goes straight from your Mac to api.openai.com — no other servers, no analytics, no accounts; API key lives in the keychain
- 900 lines of Swift with zero dependencies; menu-bar app with login launch; requires macOS 13+ and Xcode CLI tools, install via included script
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