Any language. Any application. Anytime.

Local, private dictation on Mac, and Windows. Press a button, speak, and your text is pasted into any app. No account, no cloud, no data collection.

It is a free dictation tool for Mac and Windows and it's open source.

Download for Mac Download for Windows Star on GitHub

Mac via Homebrew brew install emillykke/tap/codictate

Windows: unzip the Setup .zip, then run the installer inside.

Latest

v0.0.36
Codictate: free open-source dictation tool that runs 100% locally. - YouTube
codictate: free open-source dictation tool that runs 100% locally.

Learns Your Words

Codictate adapts to your custom vocabulary, fixing near-misses and expanding shortcuts automatically.

On your desktop

Easy dictation in any app on Mac or Windows

Transcriptions run 100% locally on your machine, so nothing is sent to the cloud to be processed. That means no internet, no account, and no third-party model training on your voice data. If you want dictation everywhere, use it anywhere you type: your IDE and Terminal for coding, Slack and Messages for chat, Mail and webmail for email, plus the browser, docs, and notes.

On-device only

No internet. No account. Codictate runs entirely on your device.

Any app, one shortcut

Dictate in any app. One shortcut pastes into your IDE, browser, terminal, chat, and notes.

Mac & Windows

Native on macOS (Apple Silicon) and on Windows, so performance stays on-device and close to the OS.

Your words stay yours

Audio never leaves your device. Nothing logged or uploaded.

Dictation everywhere, without leaving your workflow

On macOS, Codictate is a native app with Menu Bar, Dock, and settings, so it blends in with the tools you use every day. On Windows, the same local workflow is available with a native desktop app and familiar shell integration, then you trigger dictation from wherever you are typing.

Ready to dictate in your favorite apps?

Grab a build for Mac or Windows, try easy dictation, and say hello on GitHub if something breaks. Contributions are welcome under Apache 2.0.