We're hoping that together in the open-source, local-first community, we can build something better than any closed-source alternative. The code is open-source because I believe that fundamental tools shouldn't require trusting a black box. Companies pivot, get acquired, or shut down. But open source is forever.

I really like hands-free voice dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were almost good, but they were all closed-source. Even those claiming to be "local" or "on-device" were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went. So I built Whispering. It's open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. ​​Your data is stored locally on your device, and your audio goes directly from your machine to a local provider

Local-first apps that write to files you own. Your data lives on your machine as plain Markdown and SQLite: grep it, version it, open it in Obsidian. When an app stops mattering, your files don't.

Whispering is now part of Epicenter, an ecosystem of local-first, open-source apps. Everything else remains the same—same tools, same philosophy, same team.