{"slug": "show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative", "title": "Show HN: Open-Source Local Whisper Flow Alternative", "summary": "Cloudless Voice, an open-source dictation app for Mac, launched as a fully local alternative to Wispr Flow, processing audio entirely on-device to ensure privacy and offline functionality. The app features Smart Cleanup, which automatically removes filler words, formats emails, times, lists, and numbers, and supports multiple languages. It offers hotkey activation, transcript history, and an Enterprise Plan for teams, with pricing not disclosed.", "body_md": "Cloudless Voice\n\nis\n\nfast\n\ndictation\n\nthat\n\nruns\n\nentirely\n\non\n\nyour\n\ndevice.\n\nNo cloud\n\nmeans\n\ncomplete privacy\n\n& no one\n\nlistening.\n\nSpeak\n\nnaturally\n\nand\n\nlet\n\nSmart Cleanup\n\ndo\n\nthe\n\nrest.\n\nAll the\n\nfeatures\n\nyou\n\nalready\n\nlove\n\n—\n\nwithout the risks.\n\nSmart Cleanup\n\nBasic dictation just transcribes. Cloudless Voice makes it ready-to-send. Our custom-built local AI automatically polishes your transcript: filler words, formatting, punctuation. All without your voice ever leaving your Mac.\n\nI've been, uh, working on a fix\n\nRemove Filler Word\n\nI've been working on a fix.\n\nLet's sync at 9 am, no sorry, 10 am\n\nBacktracking\n\nLet's sync at 10 AM\n\nsend it to tim three three at example site dot com\n\nEmail Formatting\n\nSend it to tim33@examplesite.com\n\nhey do you mind rescheduling our meeting for three thirty pm\n\nTime Formatting\n\nHey, do you mind rescheduling our meeting for 3:30 PM?\n\ngrocery list number one milk number two eggs number three bananas\n\nList Formatting\n\nGrocery list:\n\n1. Milk\n\n2. Eggs\n\n3. Bananas\n\nhello exclamation mark\n\nAdvanced Punctuation\n\nHello!\n\nthere are three hundred forty six issues\n\nNumber Formatting\n\nThere are 346 issues.\n\n100% Local\n\n## Runs fully on-device\n\nMost voice apps send your audio and transcripts to the cloud (remote servers) for processing. Cloudless Voice runs entirely locally, so your voice and data never leaves your device.\n\nComplete privacy\n\nWorks offline\n\nNo remote AI training\n\nCloudless Voice is sure to get the tick of approval from your company. With fully local processing, and open-source code to verify, we provide security that surpasses cloud-based dictation tools like Wispr Flow.\n\nOur Enterprise Plan is for teams and organizations looking to adopt private and secure AI dictation into their workflow.\n\nFeatures\n\n## More reasons to *love* Cloudless\n\nHotkey activation\n\nPress & hold Caps Lock (customizable) to dictate, or double-tap for handsfree mode.\n\nLight / dark mode\n\nBuilt to work with your setup\n\nWorks in all apps and sites\n\nInsert transcripts into any text field\n\nTranscript history\n\nView and manage past transcripts\n\n❤️\n\nWall of love\n\n## What people are saying\n\nI love [Cloudless Voice] because it gets the job done extremely well. It’s a pleasure to use, and it gets updated often.\n\nKavia\n\nI just paid for WF's 1 year plan and then I discovered your freaking software which is quite awesome local and it's very quick on my Macbook.\n\nJP\n\nAubrey\n\nI'm impressed with the desktop version so far. The main place I was considering installing this type of tool was indeed on my laptop as I have RRMS and sometimes need to take a break from typing or don't have the energy to some days.\n\nCL\n\nCatie Lake\n\nTechnical Dicrector\n\nI just installed [Cloudless Voice] today, because I want to get away from wisprflow… and so far I am pretty happy with it.\"\n\nJens Kleinholz\n\nyou guys are GOATED for this.\n\nbeen sick of hearing wispr flow on youtube ads, wished there was a FREE alternative - and BOOM, stumbled w/ [Cloudless Voice] on reddit\n\nZ\n\nZey\n\nHey all! I wanted to say thank you for this great application. It works really good it's really blazing fast. I tried a lot of them as an alternative but this one really rocks!! Thank you again!\n\nWaldemar\n\nI wanted to express my gratitude for creating this app. I'm genuinely pleased and had a positive experience using it… I'm actually using the tool that you made to write this message.\n\nWN\n\nWiktor Nowak\n\nI've been using your app for quite a while now, and I think it's a fantastic replacement for Wispr.\n\nKC\n\nKrishna Chaudhari\n\nOverall super impressed and have recommended it to my colleagues as well.\n\nRI\n\nRahul Iyer\n\nI was impressed today, when I saw it's not just english that it recognizes, but also German and French which is very convenient for me!\n\nJP\n\nJan Pfrenger\n\nThe app is really good and fast omg\n\n👀\n\nAnonymous Dictator\n\nFAQ\n\nCan't find your question? [Join our Discord ](https://discord.gg/2E8WWkvGYZ)👾 to chat with the team.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative", "canonical_source": "https://www.cloudless.so/", "published_at": "2026-08-29 18:04:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-29 18:18:46.413305+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "natural-language-processing"], "entities": ["Cloudless Voice", "Wispr Flow"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-open-source-local-whisper-flow-alternative.jsonld"}}