Linux Voice Tech

An index of voice technology tools accessible to Linux users

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Keywords

• Automatic speech recognition (ASR)

• Speech-to-text (STT)

• Text-to-speech (TTS)

• Linux voice typing

• Linux dictation

• Linux TTS

• Voice control

• Transcription

Quick Navigation

• Wayland-Compatible STT — Tools with explicit Wayland virtual input support

• Voice Typing — GUIs — Desktop apps for dictation and transcription

• Voice Typing — CLIs — Command-line dictation and transcription tools

• Voice Notes & AI-Enhanced — Note-taking with AI post-processing

• Real-Time Streaming STT — Low-latency, live transcription libraries

• Self-Hosted / Web UI — Docker/web-based transcription services

• Cloud STT / API-Based — Tools using OpenAI, Deepgram, or other cloud APIs

• Voice Assistants — Voice-controlled assistant applications

• Voice Commands & Automation — Voice-to-action, voice-to-MCP, computer control

• Toolkits & Frameworks — Developer libraries for building voice apps

• Whisper Variants & Optimizations — Faster/smaller/better Whisper implementations

• Complementary Tools — VAD, diarization, noise suppression

• Text-to-Speech (TTS) — TTS tools and frameworks

• MCP Servers — Model Context Protocol voice servers

• Awesome Lists — Other curated voice tech lists

• Community Resources — GitHub topics, subreddits

STT Tools with Wayland Support

Projects with explicit Wayland support. Particularly valuable for users on modern Linux desktops (GNOME, KDE Plasma on Wayland, Hyprland, Sway, niri, etc.) where X11 virtual input methods don't work.

• **dictation-tools** — · · Dictation tools with Wayland support

  gfreeau/dictation-tools View on GitHub

• **freespeak** — · · Voice dictation with Wayland support

  Zetaphor/freespeak View on GitHub

• **hyprvoice** — · · Voice dictation for Hyprland

  LeonardoTrapani/hyprvoice View on GitHub

• **hyprwhspr** — · · Whisper-based voice input for Hyprland

  goodroot/hyprwhspr View on GitHub

• **local-dictation-assistant** — · · Local dictation assistant with Wayland support

  Wiecek-K/local-dictation-assistant View on GitHub

• **niri-transcribe** — · · Transcription tool for niri compositor

  sevos/niri-transcribe View on GitHub

• **swictation** — · · Voice dictation for Sway/Wayland

  robertelee78/swictation View on GitHub

• **TalkType (ronb1964)** — · · Privacy-first voice dictation for Linux Wayland. Press key to talk, release to type. Whisper AI, 100% offline

  ronb1964/TalkType View on GitHub

• **vocalinux** — · · Offline voice dictation for Linux. Whisper.cpp, Whisper & VOSK engines, GPU-accelerated, X11 + Wayland

  jatinkrmalik/vocalinux View on GitHub

• **voice-typing-linux** — · · Voice typing for Linux with Wayland support

  GitJuhb/voice-typing-linux View on GitHub

• **wayland-voice-dictation** — · · Voice dictation designed for Wayland

  MasonRhodesDev/wayland-voice-dictation View on GitHub

• **whisper-wayland** — · · Whisper integration for Wayland

  Andrewske/whisper-wayland View on GitHub

• **whispy** — · · STT tool with Wayland support

  daaku/whispy View on GitHub

Voice Typing — GUIs

Desktop applications for dictation and transcription with graphical interfaces.

• **AI-Typer-V2** — · · Voice dictation with multimodal AI cleanup — speak naturally, get polished text

  danielrosehill/AI-Typer-V2 View on GitHub

• **aTrain** — · · Audio transcription training tool

  JuergenFleiss/aTrain View on GitHub

• **audiov** — · · Speech-to-text, voice-typing, dictation software for Linux distributions

  WhiteSmoogy/audiov View on GitHub

• **Buzz** — · · Offline audio transcription and translation. Supports Whisper, Whisper.cpp, Faster-Whisper. Available via Flatpak/Snap. Vulkan GPU support

  chidiwilliams/buzz View on GitHub

• **dsnote** — · · Speech Note Linux app. Note taking, reading and translating with offline Speech to Text, Text to Speech and Machine translation

  mkiol/dsnote View on GitHub

• **LinuxWhisper** — · · Whisper for Linux

  vitali87/LinuxWhisper View on GitHub

• **maVoice-Linux** — · · Voice control for Linux

  lliWcWill/maVoice-Linux View on GitHub

• **mint-whisper** — · · Whisper for Linux Mint

  codankra/mint-whisper View on GitHub

• **murmure** — · · Fully local, private, cross-platform STT with LLM post-processing

  Kieirra/murmure View on GitHub

• **OpenFlow** — · · Local speech-to-text app for Linux

  logabell/OpenFlow View on GitHub

• **OpenWispr** — · · Open source Whisper-based voice assistant

  imsidharthj/OpenWispr View on GitHub

• **Parakeet-Type-Ubuntu** — · · On-device voice typing for Linux using Parakeet and NeMo ASR models via sherpa-onnx. No cloud, no GPU required

  danielrosehill/Parakeet-Type-Ubuntu View on GitHub

• **sotto** — · · Local speech-to-text transcription app for Linux using Whisper models

  Maciejonos/sotto View on GitHub

• **soundvibes** — · · Speech-to-text for Linux that just works

  kejne/soundvibes View on GitHub

• **TalkType (zyk42)** — · · Cross-platform Electron voice writing assistant. ASR + LLM for understanding, polishing, and Q&A

  zyk42/TalkType View on GitHub

• **TranscriptionSuite** — · · Fully local, private STT app with speaker diarization, Audio Notebook mode, LM Studio integration, longform and live transcription

  homelab-00/TranscriptionSuite View on GitHub

• **VoiceType** — · · Fork of Deepgram's Linux starter. CLI to GUI + hotkey support, API key editing, cost tracking

  danielrosehill/VoiceType View on GitHub

• **WhisperNow** — · · Real-time Whisper transcription

  shinglyu/WhisperNow View on GitHub

• **whisper-to-input-desktop** — · · Desktop app using OpenAI's Whisper to transcribe audio and input it as text

  Rosbifbr/whisper-to-input-desktop View on GitHub

• **whisper-ui** — · · Whisper UI interface

  schnoddelbotz/whisper-ui View on GitHub

• **whisperer** — · · Whisper-based transcription tool

  mike-cr/whisperer View on GitHub

• **whisply** — · · A simple GUI for OpenAI Whisper

  tsmdt/whisply View on GitHub

• **wisper** — · · Voice dictation app for Linux. Type directly at cursor with AI-powered transcription

  taraksh01/wisper View on GitHub

• **wispr-lite** — · · Lightweight Whisper-based transcription tool

  dosment/wispr-lite View on GitHub

Voice Typing — CLIs

Command-line dictation and transcription tools.

• **BlahST** — · · Offline, real-time, streaming speech-to-text transcription using OpenAI Whisper

  QuantiusBenignus/BlahST View on GitHub

• **blurt** — · · Whisper.cpp-based STT tool

  QuantiusBenignus/blurt View on GitHub

• **dicti** — · · Dictation tool

  tksimson/dicti View on GitHub

• **froshine** — · · Voice recognition tool

  AdrianScott/froshine View on GitHub

• **linux-stt-input** — · · Linux STT input method

  fengwk/linux-stt-input View on GitHub

• **linux-voice-to-text-ai** — · · Linux voice to text AI

  trebormc/linux-voice-to-text-ai View on GitHub

• **Linux-Dictation-Project** — · · Linux dictation project

  wheeler01/Linux-Dictation-Project View on GitHub

• **sonori** — · · Voice recognition tool

  0xPD33/sonori View on GitHub

• **speak-to-ai** — · · Speak to AI assistant

  AshBuk/speak-to-ai View on GitHub

• **speech-assistant** — · · Faster Whisper-based speech assistant

  Mohamad-Hussein/speech-assistant View on GitHub

• **speedofsound** — · · Voice typing for the Linux desktop

  zugaldia/speedofsound View on GitHub

• **stt-linux (afif)** — · · STT for Linux

  afif-malghani/stt-linux View on GitHub

• **STT-Assistant-linux** — · · STT assistant for Linux

  4lext/STT-Assistant-linux View on GitHub

• **super-stt** — · · Enhanced STT tool

  jorge-menjivar/super-stt View on GitHub

• **talktype** — · · Push-to-talk voice typing for the terminal. Local Whisper, cross-platform

  lmacan1/talktype View on GitHub

• **TermlAi** — · · Terminal AI assistant with voice

  rohitkr150015/TermlAi View on GitHub

• **transcribeAnywhere** — · · Universal transcription tool

  naren200/transcribeAnywhere View on GitHub

• **VocalFLow** — · · Voice flow dictation tool

  R3DK3LL/VocalFLow View on GitHub

• **voice-type** — · · Linux-first system-wide dictation tool. Unmatched accuracy and speed, totally free

  eriknovikov/voice-type View on GitHub

• **voicekeyboard** — · · Voice keyboard implementation

  sam1am/voicekeyboard View on GitHub

• **voxd** — · · Voice input daemon

  jakovius/voxd View on GitHub

• **whisp-away** — · · Whisper-based dictation tool

  madjinn/whisp-away View on GitHub

• **whisper-dictation (ananjiani)** — · · Whisper-based dictation tool

  ananjiani/whisper-dictation View on GitHub

• **whisper-hotkey-linux** — · · Whisper hotkey for Linux

  atkvishnu/whisper-hotkey-linux View on GitHub

• **whisper-toggle** — · · Toggle-based Whisper control

  bradjmsu/whisper-toggle View on GitHub

• **whisper-transcribe** — · · Whisper transcription tool

  geraschenko/whisper-transcribe View on GitHub

• **whisperd** — · · A daemon for OpenAI Whisper

  AgenticToaster/whisprd View on GitHub

• **WhisperVoice** — · · Whisper voice processing tool

  SarwadnyaMahajan/WhisperVoice View on GitHub

• **WhisperVoiceInput** — · · Whisper voice input tool

  V0v1kkk/WhisperVoiceInput View on GitHub

• **whispertrigger** — · · Trigger OpenAI Whisper with a hotkey

  RetroTrigger/whispertrigger View on GitHub

• **whispertux** — · · A simple CLI wrapper for OpenAI's Whisper speech-to-text model

  cjams/whispertux View on GitHub

• **wvcr** — · · Wave voice control recorder

  bakeryproducts/wvcr View on GitHub

Voice Notes & AI-Enhanced Transcription

Tools focused on capturing voice notes with AI post-processing (LLM cleanup, formatting, summarization).

• **handsfree** — · · Hands-free computing

  achyudh/handsfree View on GitHub

• **notesGPT** — · · Voice notes with GPT processing

  Nutlope/notesGPT View on GitHub

• **obsidian-scribe** — · · Obsidian voice note transcription

  Mikodin/obsidian-scribe View on GitHub

• **ScribeWizard** — · · Transcription wizard tool

  Bklieger/ScribeWizard View on GitHub

• **Thought-Pad** — · · Thought capture with STT

  danielrosehill/Thought-Pad View on GitHub

• **whisper-notes** — · · Whisper-powered note processing

  AsyncFuncAI/whisper-notes View on GitHub

• **whisper-notes-pro** — · · Professional whisper notes application

  mzazakeith/whisper-notes-pro View on GitHub

• **Whisper-Notepad-For-Linux** — · · Whisper notepad with post-processing

  danielrosehill/Whisper-Notepad-For-Linux View on GitHub

• **Whisper-Notepad-Simple** — · · Simplified Whisper notepad using OpenAI API

  danielrosehill/Whisper-Notepad-Simple View on GitHub

Real-Time Streaming STT

Libraries and tools for low-latency, live transcription.

• **RealtimeSTT** — · · Low-latency STT library with VAD, wake word activation. Uses WebRTCVAD + SileroVAD + Faster-Whisper

  KoljaB/RealtimeSTT View on GitHub

• **whisper_real_time** — · · Real-time transcription with OpenAI Whisper

  davabase/whisper_real_time View on GitHub

• **whisper_streaming** — · · Real-time streaming Whisper with self-adaptive latency using local agreement policy

  ufal/whisper_streaming View on GitHub

• **WhisperLive** — · · Real-time Whisper transcription from Collabora. OpenVINO support, browser extensions, iOS client

  collabora/WhisperLive View on GitHub

• **WhisperLiveKit** — · · 2025 SOTA streaming STT with speaker diarization. Simul-Whisper for ultra-low latency

  QuentinFuxa/WhisperLiveKit View on GitHub

Self-Hosted / Web UI

Docker-deployed tools and web interfaces for self-hosted STT.

• **meeting-minutes** — · · Self-hostable meeting transcription and minutes generation

  Zackriya-Solutions/meeting-minutes View on GitHub

• **Scriberr** — · · Voice transcription tool

  rishikanthc/Scriberr View on GitHub

• **Whisper-WebUI** — · · A Gradio-based browser interface for Whisper. Easy subtitle generation

  jhj0517/Whisper-WebUI View on GitHub

• **whisper-fastapi** — · · Whisper FastAPI service

  heimoshuiyu/whisper-fastapi View on GitHub

Cloud STT / API-Based Tools

Projects that use cloud STT APIs for transcription.

OpenAI Whisper API

• **speech2keys** — · · Speech to keystrokes using OpenAI Whisper API

  vanviegen/speech2keys View on GitHub

Deepgram API

• **Deepgram-Voice-Keyboard-Ubuntu** — · · STT project using Deepgram API for Ubuntu

  danielrosehill/Deepgram-Voice-Keyboard-Ubuntu View on GitHub

• **fortuna** — · · Deepgram Fortuna project

  deepgram-devs/fortuna View on GitHub

• **voice-keyboard-linux** — · · Deepgram voice keyboard for Linux

  deepgram/voice-keyboard-linux View on GitHub

Hugging Face ASR Models

• ASR Models (Trending) — Trending automatic speech recognition models on Hugging Face

• Whisper on Hugging Face — OpenAI Whisper on Hugging Face

Voice Assistants

Privacy-Focused

Open source voice assistants emphasizing local processing and privacy.

• **Neon AI** — · · Privacy-first voice assistant. Offline-capable, customizable. Maintains Mycroft community forums

  NeonGeckoCom/NeonCore View on GitHub

• **OpenVoiceOS** — · · Community-driven voice assistant framework. Local processing, privacy-focused. Continuation of Mycroft

  OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core View on GitHub

• **Project Alice** — · · Modular smart assistant, fully offline. Built around Snips, guarantees privacy

  project-alice-assistant/ProjectAlice View on GitHub

• **SEPIA Framework** — · · Self-hosted, privacy-compliant voice assistant ecosystem

  SEPIA-Framework/sepia-assist-server View on GitHub

General

• **jarvis_linux** — · · Jarvis for Linux

  morrolinux/jarvis_linux View on GitHub

• **linux-voice-control** — · · Linux voice control system

  omegaui/linux-voice-control View on GitHub

• **LinuxVoiceAssistant** — · · Linux voice assistant

  aydinnyunus/LinuxVoiceAssistant View on GitHub

• **Local-Voice** — · · Local voice assistant

  shashank2122/Local-Voice View on GitHub

• **Personal-Voice-Assistent** — · · Personal voice assistant

  Cyborgscode/Personal-Voice-Assistent View on GitHub

• **tempest** — · · Voice assistant framework

  lavafroth/tempest View on GitHub

• **vosk-cli-dictation** — · · Vosk CLI dictation

  RonanDavalan/vosk-cli-dictation View on GitHub

Voice Commands & Automation

Tools that translate voice into actions — computer control, voice-to-commands, voice-to-JSON, etc.

• **Handy** — · · Voice-controlled computer interface - handy.computer

  cjpais/Handy View on GitHub

• **home-assistant-assist-desktop** — · · Home Assistant desktop client

  timmo001/home-assistant-assist-desktop View on GitHub

• **JustSayIt.jl** — · · Offline, low-latency translation of speech to computer commands or text. Julia-based

  omlins/JustSayIt.jl View on GitHub

• **numen** — N/A · N/A · Voice-controlled interface (hosted on SourceHut)

• **voice2json** — · · Voice to JSON converter

  synesthesiam/voice2json View on GitHub

Voice Operating Systems

• **ovos-buildroot** — · · OpenVoiceOS - A minimalistic Linux OS bringing the open source voice assistant to IoT and embedded devices

  OpenVoiceOS/ovos-buildroot View on GitHub

Subtitle Generation

• **auto-subs** — · · Automatic subtitle generation

  tmoroney/auto-subs View on GitHub

• **whisper-subs** — · · Whisper subtitle generation

  GhostNaN/whisper-subs View on GitHub

Service-Specific Voice Tools

• **deepin-voice-note** — · · Deepin voice note application

  linuxdeepin/deepin-voice-note View on GitHub

• **overlayed** — · · Voice overlay for Discord on Linux

  overlayeddev/overlayed View on GitHub

• **whatsapp_voice_transcription** — · · WhatsApp voice message transcription

  nerveband/whatsapp_voice_transcription View on GitHub

Voice Biometrics

• **voiceprint** — · · Voice biometric authentication for Linux

  Raymo111/voiceprint View on GitHub

Developer Tools

• **mt_stt** — · · C wrapper for speech-to-text

  RhinoDevel/mt_stt View on GitHub

• **whisper.cpp-cli** — · · Whisper.cpp CLI wrapper

  charliermarsh/whisper.cpp-cli View on GitHub

• **whisper** (Nutlope) — · · Whisper implementation

  Nutlope/whisper View on GitHub

Proof of Concepts

• **stt-linux (samcole8)** — · · STT Linux proof of concept

  samcole8/stt-linux View on GitHub

• **whisperai** — · · Whisper AI proof of concept

  jorgecastro05/whisperai View on GitHub

Complementary Tools

Tools that aren't STT themselves, but help make the most of voice workflows.

Noise Suppression & Audio Processing

• **easyeffects** — · · Audio effects for PipeWire applications - noise reduction, equalization, and more

  wwmm/easyeffects View on GitHub

• **NoiseTorch** — · · Real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux

  noisetorch/NoiseTorch View on GitHub

Voice Activity Detection (VAD) & Diarisation

• **pyannote-audio** — · · Neural building blocks for speaker diarization: speech activity detection, speaker embedding, clustering

  pyannote/pyannote-audio View on GitHub

• **Silero VAD** — · · Enterprise-grade Voice Activity Detector. MIT license, <1ms per chunk on CPU

  snakers4/silero-vad View on GitHub

• **WebRTC VAD** — · · Python interface to WebRTC Voice Activity Detector

  wiseman/py-webrtcvad View on GitHub

• **wyoming-openwakeword** — · · Custom wake word detection for Home Assistant

  rhasspy/wyoming-openwakeword View on GitHub

Toolkits & Frameworks

ASR/STT toolkits and frameworks for building voice applications. Developer libraries rather than end-user applications.

• **Coqui STT** — · · Deep learning STT toolkit (continuation of Mozilla DeepSpeech). Custom model training

  coqui-ai/STT View on GitHub

• **fairseq** — · · Meta's sequence modeling toolkit. Includes Wav2Vec 2.0 for self-supervised ASR

  facebookresearch/fairseq View on GitHub

• **FunASR** — · · End-to-end speech recognition toolkit from Alibaba. Industrial-grade models

  modelscope/FunASR View on GitHub

• **NVIDIA NeMo** — · · Enterprise ASR toolkit with Conformer/Parakeet models. GPU-accelerated training and inference

  NVIDIA/NeMo View on GitHub

• **sherpa-onnx** — · · STT, TTS, speaker diarization, VAD using next-gen Kaldi with ONNX Runtime. Offline, 12 programming languages

  k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx View on GitHub

• **sherpa-onnx-go** — · · Go package for sherpa-onnx speech recognition without network access

  k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx-go View on GitHub

• **SpeechBrain** — · · PyTorch-based speech toolkit for ASR, speaker recognition, speech enhancement

  speechbrain/speechbrain View on GitHub

• **Vosk** — · · Offline speech recognition API. Lightweight, 20+ languages, works on Raspberry Pi

  alphacep/vosk-api View on GitHub

Whisper Variants & Optimizations

Optimized implementations and variants of OpenAI's Whisper model.

• **distil-whisper** — · · HuggingFace's distilled Whisper. 6x faster, 49% smaller, within 1% WER

  huggingface/distil-whisper View on GitHub

• **faster-whisper** — · · CTranslate2 reimplementation. 4x faster, less memory, 8-bit quantization support

  SYSTRAN/faster-whisper View on GitHub

• **insanely-fast-whisper** — · · CLI for fastest Whisper inference. Batching, flash attention, distil-whisper support

  Vaibhavs10/insanely-fast-whisper View on GitHub

• **whisper.cpp** — · · C/C++ port of Whisper. CPU inference, minimal dependencies, runs on edge devices

  ggerganov/whisper.cpp View on GitHub

• **whisper-plus** — · · Advanced Whisper pipelines with diarization, translation, and video transcription support

  kadirnar/whisper-plus View on GitHub

• **wyoming-faster-whisper** — · · Wyoming protocol server for faster-whisper. Home Assistant integration

  rhasspy/wyoming-faster-whisper View on GitHub

• **wyoming-whisper-api-client** — · · Wyoming protocol client for Whisper APIs. Centralizes STT for Home Assistant

  ser/wyoming-whisper-api-client View on GitHub

Text-to-Speech (TTS)

• **claude-tts** — · · TTS plugin for Claude Code — multi-provider support (ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Google, Amazon Polly, Azure, local system TTS)

  MatiousCorp/claude-tts View on GitHub

MCP Servers

MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that provide STT capabilities.

• **stt-mcp-server-linux** — · · Local speech-to-text MCP server for Tmux on Linux (for use with Claude Code and other MCP clients)

  marcindulak/stt-mcp-server-linux View on GitHub

Awesome Lists

• **awesome-voice-typing** — · · Curated list of open-source STT and voice typing tools for Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS

  primaprashant/awesome-voice-typing View on GitHub

• **Voice-Apps-Index** — · · Index for STT and dictation apps and WIPs

  danielrosehill/Voice-Apps-Index View on GitHub

Ideas & Specifications

Projects at the concept or specification stage.

• **VoiceBox** — · · Idea for a speech tech solution — specced out by Claude

  danielrosehill/VoiceBox View on GitHub

Archived Projects

Notable projects that are no longer actively maintained.

• **AI-Transcription-Notepad** — · · Voice note taking utility using cloud audio multimodal models for single-pass transcription and text cleanup (archived)

  danielrosehill/AI-Transcription-Notepad View on GitHub

Community Resources

GitHub Topics

• asr — Automatic speech recognition

  topics/asr View on GitHub

• dictation — Dictation tools and applications

  topics/dictation View on GitHub

• speech-to-text — General speech-to-text projects

  topics/speech-to-text View on GitHub

• transcription — Audio/video transcription tools

  topics/transcription View on GitHub

• voice — General voice technology projects

  topics/voice View on GitHub

• voice-assistant — Voice assistant applications

  topics/voice-assistant View on GitHub

• voice-commands — Voice command implementations

  topics/voice-commands View on GitHub

• voice-control — Voice control tools

  topics/voice-control View on GitHub

• voice-dictation — Voice dictation specific projects

  topics/voice-dictation View on GitHub

• voice-recognition — Voice recognition systems

  topics/voice-recognition View on GitHub

Subreddits

• r/accessibility — Accessibility tools including voice control

• r/LocalLLaMA — Local LLMs (frequently covers voice topics)

• r/opensource — Open source projects including voice tools

• r/speechrecognition — Speech recognition systems and discussion

• r/TextToSpeech — TTS technology (complementary to STT)

• r/VoiceTech — Voice technology and applications