Amical
Amical is a free, open-source AI desktop app for Windows and macOS. AI Dictation App - Open Source and Local-first Type 3x faster, no keyboard needed. It has 1,576 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at amicalhq/amical.
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About Amical
Website - Docs - Community - Bug reports Amical is an open source AI-powered dictation and note-taking app that runs entirely on your machine. Powered by Whisper for speech-to-text and open source LLMs for intelligent processing, Amical gives you the power of AI dictation with complete privacy.
Install Amical
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
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Is Amical free and open source?
Yes. Amical's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Amical?
Homebrew: brew install --cask amical. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v1.12.5).
Is Amical still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.