Voquill, an open source and cross-platform alternative to wisprflow

Name: Voquill, an open source and cross-platform alternative to wisprflow
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Author: josiahsrc

by josiahsrc·Mar 3, 2026·4 points·1 comment

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AI Analysis

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Free WisprFlow replacement with local Whisper, custom providers, and multiplatform support.

Strengths

•Pluggable transcription backends (local Whisper, OpenAI, Claude, Groq) give users genuine control—not locked to one provider.
•Writing style modes (Polished, Verbatim, Chat) apply post-processing tailored to use case, solving Whisper's generic output problem.
•Turborepo monorepo bundles desktop (Tauri), mobile (Flutter), backend, and marketing—ships as a complete product, not an experiment.

Weaknesses

•Competes directly against WisprFlow and Superwhisper, both established and paid; free tier and OSS help but don't guarantee user migration.
•Mobile app still in beta; desktop maturity is higher, which splits the value prop between platforms.

Post Description

Hey HN! We love voice dictation, but wanted an open source version for transparency, privacy, and something that everyone could contribute to. So we built Voquill, an open source alternative to WisprFlow, Monologue, and SuperWhisper.

It lets you dictate into any desktop app. Press a hotkey, talk, text gets inserted. You can run Whisper locally, use our server, or wire up any provider you want (OpenAI, Claude, Groq, OpenRouter, whatever). You have full control over where your data goes.

Runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Open source, AGPLv3, built with Tauri and Rust. We're working on a mobile app too (Flutter) that's currently in beta for iOS and android.

To try it: Download from the repo or voquill.com. Click "local setup" on first launch. Hope you like it!