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matthartman
ghost-pepper
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matthartman / ghost-pepper

ghost-pepper

100% private on-device voice models for speech-to-text and meeting transcription on macOS

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
3.2KGitHub stars
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What it is

100% private on-device voice models for speech-to-text and meeting transcription on macOS

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-04-06 19:50:16 UTC to 2026-06-02 13:13:21 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 62026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 42026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 1

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Apr 62026-04-06 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC110
Apr 132026-04-13 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 202026-04-20 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 272026-04-27 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC000
May 42026-05-04 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC101
May 112026-05-11 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC000
May 182026-05-18 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC000
May 252026-05-25 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 12026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-08 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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what is the value prop of mumbli vs the myriad of OSS STT tools that already exist like handy [1], hex [2], ghostpepper [3], OpenWhispr [4], any of the ones listed here [5] or here [6]? [1] - https://github.com/cjpais/Handy [2] - https://github.com/kitlangton/Hex [3] - https://github.com/matthartman/ghost-pepper [4] - https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr [5] - https://github.com/FluidInference/FluidAudio#showcase [6] - https://opensource.builders/alternatives/superwhisper PS. have you seen this? https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLM/comments/1r7bohc/macos_bui... your landing page reminded me of it.
In Show HN: Free OSS transcription app I made and found it's faster than wispr flow

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