GitHub - tover0314-w/opentypeless: Open-source AI voice typing for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Press a hotkey, speak naturally, get polished text in any app.

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Open-source alternative to Wispr Flow and Superwhisper for AI voice input, rewriting, and voice Q&A on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Press a hotkey, speak naturally, and get clean text in the app you are already using.
Or ask a one-shot voice question and get a concise AI answer without opening a chat app.

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Dictate anywhere · Rewrite selected text · Ask one-shot voice questions · Bring your own keys or use managed cloud words

Ask Anything

Ask Anything is a shortcut-first voice Q&A flow, not a chat tab. Press the Ask Anything hotkey, speak a question, stop recording, and OpenTypeless transcribes it, sends a one-shot request to the LLM, then shows only the final answer in a small result panel.

It is designed for quick answers with no chat history, no input box, and no extra send step.

Visual Tour

Onboarding	Settings

Voice workspace	Local history

What OpenTypeless Does

OpenTypeless gives you three voice-first desktop workflows:

Use it for emails, chat replies, meeting notes, issue comments, prompts, documentation drafts, quick answers, multilingual translation, and any workflow where speaking is faster than typing.

flowchart LR
  Hotkey["Global hotkey"] --> Capture["Audio capture"]
  Capture --> Mode{"Voice mode"}
  Mode -->|"Dictation"| STT["Speech-to-text"]
  STT --> Polish{"AI polish?"}
  Polish -->|"Yes"| LLM["LLM rewrite"]
  Polish -->|"No"| Output["Keyboard / clipboard output"]
  LLM --> Output
  Mode -->|"Ask Anything"| AskSTT["Transcribe question"]
  AskSTT --> AskLLM["One-shot LLM answer"]
  AskLLM --> Panel["Answer-only panel"]
  Mode -->|"Selected text"| Selection["Capture selected text"]
  Selection --> EditLLM["Apply spoken instruction"]
  EditLLM --> Output

Why OpenTypeless?

Most desktop dictation tools stop at transcription. OpenTypeless adds the AI rewrite layer, provider choice, and open-source control that power users need.

Features

How The App Thinks

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Desktop as OpenTypeless Desktop
  participant STT as STT Provider
  participant LLM as LLM Provider
  participant App as Active App

  User->>Desktop: Hold dictation hotkey and speak
  Desktop->>STT: Send audio via BYOK or Cloud
  STT-->>Desktop: Raw transcript
  Desktop->>LLM: Optional polish / translate / rewrite
  LLM-->>Desktop: Final text
  Desktop->>App: Type or copy result

Try It in 5 Minutes

1. Download the latest build for your platform from Releases.
2. Choose BYOK for full provider control or Cloud if you want managed quota without API keys.
3. Pick speech recognition and AI polish providers in Settings.
4. Set your dictation and Ask Anything hotkeys.
5. Open any desktop app, press the hotkey, speak, and let OpenTypeless type the polished result.

Download

Download the latest version for your platform:

Download from Releases

Installation Notes

Release signing differs by platform while distribution is being improved. Always download from the official GitHub Releases page.

Windows

Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC":

1. Click More info
2. Click Run anyway

If the installer shows a publisher validation warning:

1. Right-click the .msi file → Properties
2. Check Unblock at the bottom → Apply
3. Run the installer again

macOS

macOS builds are Developer ID signed. If Gatekeeper still blocks first launch while notarization/stapling catches up, remove the quarantine attribute:

xattr -cr /Applications/OpenTypeless.app

Then open the app normally.

Linux

Ubuntu/Debian — install the .deb package:

sudo apt install ./OpenTypeless_x.x.x_amd64.deb

AppImage — make it executable and run:

chmod +x OpenTypeless_x.x.x_amd64.AppImage
./OpenTypeless_x.x.x_amd64.AppImage

NVIDIA + Wayland users: The app auto-detects this configuration and applies a workaround. If it still crashes on startup, run:

WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 ./OpenTypeless

Wayland users: global hotkeys and automatic paste are limited by the desktop environment. OpenTypeless shows this in Settings and falls back to tray/app controls or copy-only clipboard output where needed.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Platform-specific dependencies for Tauri: see Tauri Prerequisites

Getting Started

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run tauri dev

# Build for production
npm run tauri build

The built application will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Configuration

All settings are accessible from the in-app Settings panel:

• Speech Recognition — choose STT provider and enter your API key
• AI Polish — choose LLM provider, model, API key, custom polish instructions, translation, and selected-text context
• General — dictation hotkey, Ask Anything hotkey, output mode, theme, auto-start
• Dictionary — add custom terms for better transcription accuracy
• Scenes — prompt templates for different use cases
• Account / Upgrade — sign in, check cloud words, manage Pro or Lifetime Starter access

API keys are stored locally via tauri-plugin-store. No keys are sent to OpenTypeless servers — all STT/LLM requests go directly to the provider you configure.

Cloud Option

OpenTypeless also offers optional managed cloud access so you do not need your own provider keys. Pro and Lifetime Starter plans include shared cloud words for speech recognition and AI rewriting. BYOK remains fully supported.

Learn more about Pro

BYOK vs Cloud

All core features — recording, transcription, AI polish, keyboard/clipboard output, dictionary, history — work entirely offline from OpenTypeless servers in BYOK mode.

Self-Hosting / No Cloud

To run OpenTypeless without any cloud dependency:

1. Choose any non-Cloud STT and LLM provider in Settings
2. Enter your own API keys
3. That's it — no account or internet connection to www.opentypeless.com is needed

If you want to point the optional cloud features at your own backend, set these environment variables before building:

# Example: build with a custom backend
VITE_API_BASE_URL=https://my-server.example.com API_BASE_URL=https://my-server.example.com npm run tauri build

Architecture

Desktop pipeline:

flowchart TB
  UI["React + TypeScript UI"] --> Tauri["Tauri commands"]
  Hotkeys["Global shortcuts"] --> Tauri
  Tauri --> Audio["Rust audio capture"]
  Audio --> Providers["STT providers"]
  Providers --> Pipeline["Pipeline orchestration"]
  Pipeline --> LLMs["LLM providers"]
  Pipeline --> Storage["SQLite history + dictionary"]
  Pipeline --> Output["Keyboard / clipboard output"]
  Account["Account + updater + cloud quota"] --> UI
  Account --> Tauri

src/                  # React frontend (TypeScript)
├── components/       # UI components (Settings, History, Capsule, etc.)
├── hooks/            # React hooks (recording, theme, Tauri events)
├── lib/              # Utilities (API client, router, constants)
└── stores/           # Zustand state management

src-tauri/src/        # Rust backend
├── audio/            # Audio capture via cpal
├── stt/              # STT providers (Deepgram, AssemblyAI, Whisper-compat, Cloud)
├── llm/              # LLM providers (OpenAI-compat, Cloud)
├── output/           # Text output (keyboard simulation, clipboard paste)
├── storage/          # Config (tauri-plugin-store) + history/dictionary (SQLite)
├── app_detector/     # Detect active application for context
├── pipeline.rs       # Recording → STT → LLM → Output orchestration
└── lib.rs            # Tauri app setup, commands, hotkey handling

Roadmap

• Usage summary UI for aggregate audio time and word counts
• More provider-specific setup diagnostics
• Better Linux desktop-environment guidance
• More workflow presets for writing, coding, and support replies
• Plugin-style provider extensions

FAQ

Is my audio sent to the cloud? In BYOK mode, audio goes directly to your chosen STT provider or local endpoint. Nothing passes through OpenTypeless servers. In Cloud mode, audio is sent to the managed proxy for transcription and quota accounting.

Can I use it offline? With a local Whisper-compatible STT endpoint and a local OpenAI-compatible LLM such as Ollama, the app can run without OpenTypeless cloud services.

Which languages are supported? STT supports 99+ languages depending on the provider. AI polish and translation support 20+ target languages.

Is the app free? Yes. The app is fully functional with your own API keys (BYOK). Cloud plans are optional.

Community

• 💬 Discord — Chat, get help, share feedback
• 🗣️ GitHub Discussions — Feature proposals, Q&A
• 🐛 Issue Tracker — Bug reports and feature requests
• 📖 Contributing Guide — Development setup and guidelines
• 🔒 Security Policy — Report vulnerabilities responsibly
• 🧭 Vision — Project principles and roadmap direction

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

Looking for a place to start? Check out issues labeled good first issue.

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Built With

• Tauri for the desktop shell
• React and TypeScript for the UI
• Rust for audio capture, providers, hotkeys, output, and local storage
• i18next for multilingual UI

License

MIT