Voxtype
Voxtype is a free, open-source AI desktop app for macOS and Linux. Voice-to-text with push-to-talk for Wayland compositors. It has 1,716 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at peteonrails/voxtype.
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About Voxtype
Voice-to-text for Linux. 9-11× realtime on your CPU. Local by default. Hold a hotkey (default: ScrollLock) while speaking, release to transcribe and output the text at your cursor position. Voxtype runs Cohere Transcribe (#1 on the Open ASR Leaderboard) faster than realtime on a plain Zen 4 CPU. Parakeet, Whisper, and six more engines if you want them. No cloud, no subscription, no telemetry.
Install Voxtype
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
AUR (Arch Linux)
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Is Voxtype free and open source?
Yes. Voxtype'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 Voxtype?
the AUR package voxtype. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v1.1.1).
Is Voxtype still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 15, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.