OpenWhispr
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Jan 12, 2026first mention
Jul 29, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“you're better off using MacParakeet, OpenWhispr, etc.”
“OpenWhispr is local Whisper model that I also run locally. And still, no data leaks. And since its local, its also FAST.”
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“I've been using it with OpenWhispr (a desktop app for transcription that handles all sorts of neat thing).”
“I like that openwhisper lets me do on device and set a remote provider.”
Caveats and dissent
“(Oh, it failed - open-whispr).”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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Also written as open-whispr. Data: openwhispr.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“you're better off using MacParakeet, OpenWhispr, etc.”
“OpenWhispr is local Whisper model that I also run locally. And still, no data leaks. And since its local, its also FAST.”
“I've been using it with OpenWhispr (a desktop app for transcription that handles all sorts of neat thing).”
“[4] - https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr”
“I like that openwhisper lets me do on device and set a remote provider.”
“That's a very similar name as https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr”
“Has anyone compared this with https://github.com/HeroTools/open-whispr already?”
“(Oh, it failed - open-whispr).”