matthartman/ghost-pepper
★ 3,208 stars
Covered in week 2026-W15 · the 2026-04 report
Hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS. 100% local, powered by WhisperKit and local LLM cleanup. Hold Control to record, release to transcribe and paste.
What ghost-pepper is
Ghost Pepper uses open-source models that run entirely on your Mac. Models download automatically and are cached locally.
From the repository README · read it on GitHub →
Transcript
Speech dictation costs $16 a month. Ghost Pepper does it free. This macOS app runs entirely locally on your machine. Just hold control to record, release to transcribe, and it pastes clean text into any field. The local LLM automatically removes filler words and fixes your mistakes while your data never leaves your Mac. It has 2,000 stars and supports over 50 languages. Competitors charge a recurring subscription for what this gives you forever. Star it if this saved you money.
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