Transcription that won't compromise your flow.
Local, private, free.
Hold your selected Hotkey, speak, and watch your words land in any app, transcribed on-device.
Your words appear here.
This was done on your device, using your compute, your data.
Five states, one gesture.
Press to record, release to transcribe, then confirm. Or let the auto-paste countdown do it for you.
Standby. Listening for your key.
Press and hold. Speak freely.
A local model transcribes. No cloud.
Glance, tweak, or just release.
Text drops into the focused app.
Everything you need.
Nothing phones home.
Review before paste
Every transcription opens a focused card with a soft countdown. Confirm, edit, or discard.
Auto-paste anywhere
The text drops into the app you were using, right where your cursor is.
Searchable history
Every transcript saved to local SQLite. Findable, editable, deletable.
14-day audio archive
A rolling archive of your recordings, garbage-collected after two weeks.
Tray + global hotkey
Lives in your system tray. Record from anywhere without switching apps.
Upload or record
Drop in an MP3, WAV, or FLAC, or capture a note in-app.
- Whistle: words as you speak
- Multilingual support
- Auto-punctuation & spelling
- A new look
It learns your words.
Corrections you make in the review card feed a personalizer, so frequently-fixed words auto-promote and bias the next Whisper run. On-device LoRA fine-tuning is on the way, so each instance evolves to your voice.
Corrections you make in the review card bias the next Whisper run. On-device LoRA fine-tuning is on the way, so each instance evolves to your voice.
"The more you use it, the more it sounds like you."
hotword learning · shipped today
Your voice never leaves your machine.
Every cloud dictation tool uploads your audio to a server.
Scribe runs Whistle or Whisper on your device, so there is no server to upload to.
no accounts · no servers · no telemetry
On-device, private, and it keeps getting better.
Most of these are free. Only Scribe runs on-device, learns from you, and ships as a single native binary.
| tool | on-device | learns you | built on | platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scribefree | yes | yes | Rust | mac · linux · win |
| Wispr Flowsubscription | no | no | Cloud | mac · win · iOS |
| OpenWisprfree | yes | no | Electron | mac · linux · win |
| Nerd Dictationfree | yes | no | Python | linux |
| Vocalinuxfree | yes | no | Python | linux |
No Electron. One native binary.
Idiomatic Rust, a GPU-accelerated UI, instant launch, a few MB on disk. Blazing fast where it counts, and every stage runs on your machine.
macOS (Swift FFI) · Linux (X11 / Wayland + PipeWire) · Windows
Download Scribe.
Free, local, private. Pick your platform.
v0.0.9-alpha. macOS, Linux, and Windows. Release notes
Questions, answered.
- Is Scribe free?
- Yes. Scribe is free to use, with no subscription, no word caps, and no account required.
- Does my voice leave my device?
- No. Scribe runs a speech model on-device, so your audio is transcribed locally and there is no server to upload it to.
- Which platforms does Scribe support?
- macOS, Linux, and Windows.
- Do I need an account or an internet connection?
- No account and no telemetry. Transcription runs offline on your machine.
- Is Scribe a Wispr Flow alternative?
- Yes, a free, on-device alternative that transcribes your voice locally instead of sending audio to the cloud.
Free to use.
Kept that way by you.
Scribe is free and runs entirely on your machine. If it earns a place in your day, a donation helps keep it independent, private, and improving.