#2020th of 51 in VoiceFor voice, speech and music

vibe

Desktop app that transcribes audio and video offline with Whisper models

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Stars: 7.9k
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 2026
Last release: Sep 2026
Language: TypeScript

Stars, last 29 weeks+2,283

5,573 on 1 Apr 20267,856 on 21 Oct 2026

From GitHub's daily star counts.

Checked 22 Oct 2026 on GitHub.

Overview

Vibe is a Tauri desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux that transcribes audio and video locally using Whisper, Nemotron 3.5 or Parakeet TDT v3. It supports batch files, microphone and system audio, speaker diarization, and export to SRT, VTT, TXT, HTML, PDF, JSON and DOCX. Summaries can be made through the Claude API or a local Ollama instance.

Who it is for: Users who want private, local transcription and subtitles on their own computer

Strengths

Runs transcription fully offline; no audio leaves the device
GPU acceleration via Vulkan or CoreML on Nvidia, AMD, Intel and Apple
Exports seven formats including SRT, VTT, DOCX and PDF
Includes a CLI and an HTTP API with Swagger docs

Weaknesses

Pull requests are limited to a few collaborators
Cloud summaries need the Claude API; local ones need a separate Ollama install
Stable timestamps mode is slower because it uses VAD
RAM and VRAM requirements are not documented in the README

What it needs

GPU optional
Needs Ollama (optional), Claude API (optional)
Models: Whisper, Nemotron 3.5, Parakeet TDT v3

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3	whisper.cppC/C++ port of OpenAI Whisper for local speech-to-text transcription54.5k starsMIT	78 out of 100
#4	VoiceboxLocal voice studio for cloning, TTS, dictation and agent speech58.2k starsMIT	71 out of 100
#5	buzzOffline desktop app for transcribing and translating audio with Whisper22.1k starsMIT	71 out of 100

How to choose

Latency decides usability for voice agents; check the end-to-end numbers the project publishes.
Most quality models need a GPU; CPU-only setups are slower and limited to smaller models.
Check language coverage and whether models are downloaded at build or at first run.

Health

Releases: 31 in the last 12 monthsLast one 47 days ago
Top contributor: 96% of commits514 of 535 in the last 12 months
Security advisories: NoneOn GitHub, in the last 12 months
OpenSSF Scorecard: Not checked

Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 22 Oct 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check.

License in plain words

MIT Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.

A plain summary, not legal advice. Read the license on GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Where to run it

Vast.ai ↗ (opens in a new tab)Rent a GPU by the hour from a marketplace of hosts.
Clore.ai ↗ (opens in a new tab)A GPU marketplace; its August 2026 price guide puts an RTX 3090 near $0.09 an hour.

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