# Dsnote (open-source audio and music app)

> Dsnote is a free, open-source audio and music app for Linux. Speech Note Linux app. Note taking, reading and translating with offline Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine translation. It has 1,683 GitHub stars and is released under the MPL-2.0 license.

Linux desktop and Sailfish OS app for note taking, reading and translating with offline Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine Translation

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,683 |
| License | MPL-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | C++ |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Audio & music production |
| Latest release | v4.9.0 (Jun 28, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 3, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub net.mkiol.SpeechNote
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.SpeechNote

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dsnote

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