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Ghost Pepper

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.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Local-First
  3.  Customizable
  4.  AI-Powered

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Global hotkey
  6.  Local AI
  7.  Apple Silicon support
  8.  Support for Hotkeys
  9.  Speech to text
  10.  Sits in the menu bar

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  •  182 Forks
  •  62 Open Issues
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What is Ghost Pepper?

100% local hold-to-talk speech-to-text for macOS. Hold Control to record, release to transcribe and paste. No cloud APIs, no data leaves your machine.

Features:

  • Hold Control to talk — release to transcribe and paste into any text field
  • Runs entirely on your Mac — models run locally via Apple Silicon, nothing is sent anywhere
  • Smart cleanup — local LLM removes filler words and handles self-corrections
  • Menu bar app — lives in your menu bar, no dock icon, launches at login
  • Customizable — edit the cleanup prompt, pick your mic, toggle features on/off

Ghost Pepper uses open-source models that run entirely on your Mac. Models download automatically and are cached locally.