Muesli – If Granola and Wisprflow had an open source on device baby

Name: Muesli – If Granola and Wisprflow had an open source on device baby
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Author: pHequals7

by pHequals7·May 4, 2026·15 points·10 comments

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AI Analysis

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Local-first Whisper alternative that actually respects the 'free speech' branding.

Strengths

•Runs entirely on-device using Apple Neural Engine and CoreML models.
•Open source codebase with Homebrew installation support.
•Supports multiple models including Parakeet, Whisper, and Cohere.

Weaknesses

•macOS only, no Windows or Linux support mentioned.
•Meeting transcription features may require calendar permissions.

Post Description

Hey folks, I am the developer behind muesli - which is your one stop app for all your speech to text needs, be it voice dictation or meeting transcriptions that runs on device on your Apple Neural Engine using CoreML based STT models (Parakeet, Whisper, Cohere transcribe). Everything is open source and we are at 160 stars - au naturale - would love for folks to use it and contribute further to the development