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Open Flow
Free, open-source Mac dictation that runs locally
Free, open-source dictation for Mac. Hold Option, speak, and release to paste. Transcription and optional cleanup run locally, with models you choose to fit your hardware. A custom dictionary helps with names, product names, and technical terms. Reply suggestions (alpha, off by default) use local models to suggest replies from conversation context in permitted apps. Pick a suggestion to paste; nothing is sent automatically. No account or subscription. App code is MIT-licensed.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built Open Flow because I wanted a free dictation tool that kept my voice on my Mac and let me choose how much of my hardware to use.
If you’re exploring alternatives to Wispr Flow or Superwhisper, that’s the idea behind this project: local processing, open source, and control over the models.
The workflow is simple: hold Option, speak, and release. Your words go into whichever text field you’re using.
Under the hood, whisper.cpp handles transcription with Metal acceleration. An optional local model, powered by llama.cpp, removes fillers and false starts. You can choose the transcription and cleanup models separately to balance accuracy, speed, and memory use.
One design decision I care about is keeping cleanup conservative. I want it to remove the “ums” without rewriting what you meant.
The app’s code is MIT-licensed, and dictation works offline once the models are downloaded.
I’d love feedback from people who already use dictation: what makes you go back to typing? Accuracy, delay, technical vocabulary, or cleanup that changes your words?
Source and downloads: https://github.com/Fraank98/open...
About Open Flow on Product Hunt
“Free, open-source Mac dictation that runs locally”
Open Flow was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #135 on the daily leaderboard. Free, open-source dictation for Mac. Hold Option, speak, and release to paste. Transcription and optional cleanup run locally, with models you choose to fit your hardware. A custom dictionary helps with names, product names, and technical terms. Reply suggestions (alpha, off by default) use local models to suggest replies from conversation context in permitted apps. Pick a suggestion to paste; nothing is sent automatically. No account or subscription. App code is MIT-licensed.
On the analytics side, Open Flow competes within Mac, Productivity, Open Source and GitHub — topics that collectively have 877.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Open Flow performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Open Flow?
Open Flow was hunted by Danilo Franco. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Open Flow including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Danilo Franco