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whisper.cppnoScribe
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Transcribes speech fully offline
  • No Python dependency
  • Transcription and speaker diarisation run locally, so interview recordings and other sensitive audio never get uploaded…
  • Mainly a command-line tool with no bundled graphical interface
  • Models must be downloaded separately
  • Local transcription is slow without a capable GPU, and the output still needs a human pass before it…
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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