Handy
Press a key, talk, and your words are typed into any app, offline
cjpais/Handy34.9kstars on GitHubUpdated yesterdayMIT licence
Where it can help
People drop paid dictation apps like Wispr Flow for it because it is free, works offline and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. The main complaint: it types exactly what you said, mistakes and all, unless you turn on the optional clean-up.
Based on linked project documentation and community discussion. We have not verified this workflow through a hands-on test.
Anyone who would rather speak than type: emails, notes, or prompts for ChatGPT and Claude
What people say
“Just canceled my WisprFlow subscription a few days ago to switch to a open source, free, local alternative. In my case handy.computer with the Cohere model.”
“Handy - It's great, supports Mac, Win and Linux. It's very focused on dictation, but it doesn't go too far outside of that.”
“I use Handy, it's fine, my complaint is that you can't have it clean up your grammar mistakes, it just records your words exactly as is.”
Quoted word for word from public posts. Collected Oct 8, 2026.
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