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Whispering
Dictate with a shortcut, transcribe through local or cloud speech models, and paste the polished text at the cursor.
AGPL-3.0+ · Downloads from github.com
- License
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- EpicenterHQ
- Verified
- 2026
About Whispering
Whispering is the dictation app from the Epicenter project. A keyboard shortcut, or a voice-activated mode, starts recording; the audio is sent to the transcription provider you configure, either a local engine such as whisper.cpp or a hosted service like Groq or OpenAI, and the text is copied and pasted at the cursor. Optional transformations run the transcript through a prompt of your own before it is inserted, and recordings stay on your machine.
The current release is 7.11.0 from December 2025, with an Apple silicon DMG on GitHub and a Homebrew cask. The app's source now lives in the AGPL-licensed Epicenter monorepo, where Whispering is being reworked; expect changes before the next release.
Information
- Source code
- EpicenterHQ/epicenter
- License
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Website
- whispering.epicenter.so
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- AI
- Evidence checked
- Tags
Maco links to each project’s official download. Check its release notes for macOS version and Apple silicon support. The verification date records our license and source review, not a security audit.
Sources and image credits
- github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter
- github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter/blob/main/apps/whispering/LICENSE
- github.com/EpicenterHQ/epicenter/releases/tag/v7.11.0
- formulae.brew.sh/cask/whispering
- icon.png: Braden Wong and Epicenter contributors. AGPL-3.0-or-later repository asset; name and icon retained by Braden Wong and Epicenter.
License and artwork notices
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