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Dev tools · March 4, 2026

Writher

Privacy-first local AI voice assistant for Windows

What it does

Writher is a 100% local, open-source voice assistant for Windows. Powered by Whisper and Ollama, it offers instant voice dictation in any app and a smart assistant to manage notes, reminders, and your agenda. No cloud, no API keys, total privacy.

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    OpenWhisper – free, local, and private voice-to-text macOS appFeb 2026 · github.com · ▲37

    I wanted a voice-to-text app but didn't trust any of the proprietary ones with my privacy. So I decided to see if I could vibe code it with 0 macOS app & Swift experience. It uses a local binary of whisper.cpp (a fast implementation of OpenAI's Whisper voice-to-text model in C++). Github: https://github.com/richardwu/openwhisper I also decided to take this as an opportunity to compare 3 agentic coding harnesses: Cursor w/ Opus 4.6: - Best one-shot UI by far - Didn't get permissioning correct - Had issues making the "Cancel recording" hotkey being turned on all the…

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