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An open-source alternative to Superwhisper

VoiceInk is the one project in our catalog listed as a replacement for Superwhisper. It is audio software with 7K GitHub stars. Below is how it measures against the questions people usually ask first.

Private voice dictation that works across your Mac.

VoiceInk is built around fast dictation into macOS rather than a separate transcript workspace. Local speech models handle recognition, while configurable shortcuts, per-application modes, screen-aware context, custom vocabulary, text replacement, and writing-style controls shape the text that is inserted into the user's current workflow.

  • Transcribe speech locally through configurable global and push-to-talk shortcuts
  • Apply app-aware modes, screen context, writing styles, and smart text cleanup
  • Teach custom vocabulary and replacements or switch into voice assistant mode

What people use it for

Draft text in the current macOS app

Press a global shortcut, dictate a message, note, document passage, or form response, and insert the locally recognized result without moving the task into a separate transcription service.

Adapt dictation to different contexts

Configure modes for particular applications or URLs so VoiceInk can apply the intended vocabulary, writing style, cleanup behavior, and context handling as the active workspace changes.

Improve recognition of specialized language

Add names, industry terms, abbreviations, and recurring replacements to the personal dictionary so later dictation uses the preferred vocabulary and formatting more consistently.

7K starsGPL-3.0SwiftLatest release 33 days agoWebsite ↗Full profile →

Fact checklist

The same questions the pages with more alternatives let you sort by, answered for VoiceInk.

  • Does not meet: Permissive licence (MIT, Apache, BSD)Licence: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
  • Open-source licence (copyleft or permissive)Licence: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
  • Released in the last 90 daysLatest GitHub release Sep 28, 2026 (33 days ago)
  • Gaining stars this week+71 stars in the last 7 days
  • Written in SwiftMain language on GitHub
  • Does not meet: Recommended in a stackNot in any of our stacks yet

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