whis

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Voice-to-text CLI for terminal users.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Audio Transcription Tool

Origin

Germany
EU

Platforms

Linux
Mac
Wayland
Flathub
Flatpak

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Features

No Tracking
Command line interface
Ad-free
Dark Mode
Wayland Support
Tui
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Speech to text
X server
Speech Transcription
Voice to Text

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Developed by
Frank Dierolf
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
Rust
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Supported Languages
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GitHub repository

125 Stars
15 Forks
22 Open Issues
Updated Jan 26, 2026

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whis was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Dec 4, 2025 and this page was last updated Dec 4, 2025.

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What is whis?

A minimal CLI that pipes your voice straight to the clipboard.

One command Run whis. Speak. Done.
Whisper-powered OpenAI's Whisper API does the heavy lifting
Straight to clipboard Ready to paste wherever you need it
Hotkey mode Ctrl+Shift+R toggles recording from anywhere
X11 & Wayland Works where you work
Single binary No runtime dependencies. No bloat.