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OpenWispr for Mac

Hotkey dictation that runs the speech model on-device and puts the text wherever your cursor is.

By seeknull. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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OpenWispr at a glance

Version
0.1.1
Released
14 May 2026
Download size
322 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Audio and Music
Developer
seeknull
GitHub stars
0

About OpenWispr

Offline speech-to-text dictation for macOS. Press a hotkey, talk, and the text lands at your cursor. The Moonshine model runs on the Mac. No network calls.

How to install OpenWispr on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for OpenWispr and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.1.1 from seeknull's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to OpenWispr show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: OpenWispr.zip (322 MB).

What is new in OpenWispr 0.1.1

## OpenWispr v0.1.1

First point release after v0.1.0.

### What's new

- **Live mic-level visualizer in the HUD.** The listening pill now shows a pulsing red dot plus 3 small bars that move with your voice — you can see at a glance that the mic is hearing you, not just that the app *says* it is.
- **Settings shows the running build.** Footer line on every Settings tab (and a fuller box on About) shows version, build timestamp, and git SHA. Useful for bug reports.
- **Fixed: "Keystroke Receiving" prompt loop.** Posting events without Accessibility used to trigger macOS's prompt repeatedly per transcribed line. `TextInjector` now pre-checks `AXIsProcessTrusted()` and silently no-ops if the grant is missing.
- **HUD polish.** Smaller, more translucent, properly self-sizing so the label can never clip. Bottom-center placement out of the way of menu bars and editor chrome.

### Fixed

- HUD crash on the second toggle (SwiftUI animation outliving the host window).
- HUD layers rendering under the blur view (dot and bars invisible).
- `AudioLevelMeter` crashing because the audio thread touched a `@MainActor` class.

### Install

1. Download `OpenWispr.zip` below.
2. Unzip and drag `OpenWispr.app` to `/Applications`.
3. **Right-click → Open** the first time (the build is unsigned; one-time Gatekeeper acceptance).
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