01
Beautiful UI with stats
Time saved, words dictated, daily activity. Gorgeous design that feels native to macOS.
Dictation & meeting recording.
Local, free, open source.
Tab to dictate
or
to record a meeting
Wispr Flow$144/yr
Superwhisper$85/yr
Monologue$120/yr
Krisp$96/yr
Notta$98/yr
Descript$288/yr
Otter$100/yr
Fireflies$120/yr
Fathom$180/yr
Granola$216/yr
tl;dv$216/yr
Read.ai$180/yr
Tactiq$144/yr
MeetGeek$120/yr
Bluedot$144/yr
Avoma$240/yr
macOS 15+ · MIT license ·
see it in action
Core features
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Record meetings, save locally
Speaker labels. Searchable transcripts. Stored on your Mac, not someone else's server.
03
Copy, paste, style, shortcuts
Per-app dictation styles. Keyboard shortcuts. Clipboard history. All built in.
04
Let ChatGPT & Claude talk to thinkur
Summarise meetings, extract action items, search transcripts — all via MCP.
real users
What people are saying
ngl might be the best dictation software i've seen around. so beautiful as well
love the app so far btw i use it when i'm working home alone
I haven't used the application extensively yet, so I have no comments. I'll try my best to integrate it into my workflow, but I will also introduce the product to friends and coworkers who are better suited for it.
Thinkur lets me use dictation the way most of us imagine it, completely accurate and instant. No waiting times or errors on accents. Having it open source and on your machine helps a lot with privacy, your data isn't being observed.
What people use thinkur for
Anonymous
Updating Confluence docs, Jira stories and team notes. Used Notion for call notes but couldn't justify the cost.
Lawyer
Drafting contracts and briefs throughout the workday
Business Founder
Drafting contracts, strategic documents & marketing briefs
Reporter
Research and writing articles
@JiaSeed Co-Founder, Jam
Journaling & prompting
Developer
Prompting AI & coding agents
Agent Orchestration
Writing ideation packets
Web Developer
Coding with voice
Investment
Replacing Wispr Flow for daily workflow
Creator
Writing tweets & social content
coverage
Works in every app you already use.
Terminal
Firefox
Chrome
Safari
Messages
Slack
Notes
Mail
Gmail
Docs
Sheets
Notion
Cursor
VS Code
Xcode
Teams
Webex
ZoomOutlook
WordExcelPowerPoint
Calendar
Drive
Dropbox
Airtable
ClickUp
HubSpot
JiraConfluence
Asana
Trello
Salesforce
Figma
Canva
WhatsApp
Telegram
Discordthe math
How much you save through your time
You'd save
$162
per month in productivity gains
13 hours
saved / month
5,850
words / day
$
/hr
Wispr Flow $144/yr · Otter $100/yr · Fireflies $120/yr · Fathom $180/yr · Granola $216/yr · Descript $288/yr · thinkur: $0, forever
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macOS 15+ · MIT license ·
questions
Frequently asked
Is it really free?
Yes. MIT license. No accounts, no tracking, no word limits. Free forever.
Does my audio ever leave my Mac?
No. Everything runs on-device via Apple's speech framework. Works fully offline.
How is this better than Apple Dictation?
thinkur removes filler words, formats numbers, adapts writing style per app, records meetings with speaker labels, and provides transcripts for AI tools. Apple Dictation does none of that.
Which Macs are supported?
Any Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.
How does this compare to Wispr Flow?
Wispr Flow costs $12/month and sends your audio to the cloud. thinkur is free, open-source, and 100% local. Same quality, zero cost, total privacy.
Is it safe for sensitive documents?
Your audio and transcripts never leave your machine. No cloud. No analytics on your content. Your data is yours.
open source
Built in the open. By someone who uses it.
"I built thinkur because I wanted voice-to-text that respects my privacy and doesn't cost $12/month."
MIT license. No accounts, no tracking, no word limits.