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Whishper vs noScribe: catalog facts
Whishper	noScribe
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Built-in subtitle editor with CPS warnings Transcribes from uploads or yt-dlp URLs	Transcription and speaker diarisation run locally, so interview recordings and other sensitive audio never get uploaded…
Current version receives no new releases while a rewrite is in progress No user authentication yet	Local transcription is slow without a capable GPU, and the output still needs a human pass before it…
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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