# Freestyle

> Fast local first voice to text dictation for your desktop

- Canonical URL: https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/freestyle
- JSON export: https://www.fosshunter.com/tools/freestyle.json
- Website: https://github.com/freestyle-voice/freestyle
- Category: Voice
- Open source: yes
- Self-hostable: yes
- Verified listing: no
- Featured: no
- Published at: 2026-06-01T05:45:23+00:00
- Catalog revision: `57662641`

## Repository metrics (point-in-time)

- Repository: https://github.com/freestyle-voice/freestyle
- Stars: 490
- Forks: 73
- Open issues: 4
- License: MIT
- Last push: 2026-10-26T20:16:34+00:00
- Metrics observed at (synced_at): 2026-11-04T00:13:32+00:00
- Archived: no

Tags: Voice, Transcription, Voice to Text, Speech to Text
Tech stacks: javascript, nodejs, Shell, swift, typescript

## Features
- Supports high speed dictation with instant cursor pasting via hotkeys. *(highlighted)*
- Integrates with multiple providers like OpenAI and Groq for transcription. *(highlighted)*
- Includes grammar and punctuation cleanup with custom dictionary support. *(highlighted)*

## Description

Freestyle is a local first voice to text dictation app that converts speech into clean text in real time. It supports multiple AI providers and ensures your data stays private by processing transcriptions directly on your device.

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