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cjpais/Handy

A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.

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How fast cjpais/Handy is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 16 – Nov 15, 2026

Stars +7,162 in 61 days

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Forks +885 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 85 in 61 days

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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Sep 30, 2025 – Nov 1, 2026Best #2

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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about cjpais/Handy, and every badge it has earned
    1. Nov 131 post

      • Wispr Flow is $15/month. Glaido is $20/month. I'm using Handy instead: free and open source. Hold a key, talk, and text lands in any app, even my terminal. Pick from 70+ local models: Whisper,…

        Read full on X, posted by @shahrukhghazaan

        @shahrukhghazaan · x.com

    2. Nov 101 post

      • 语音转文字不用买会员，本地跑一分钱不花。 Handy 是跨平台语音输入工具：按快捷键说话，文字直接进输入框，全离线不上传，38k 星。

        Read full on X, posted by @laogeai

        @laogeai · x.com

    3. Nov 91 post

      • Voice is a cheap way to make an agent feel real. The open-source options have gotten good. Repos for speech-to-text, TTS and voice agents, ranked by GitHub stars: 1. VoiceStudio (105k★) Local…

        Read full on X, posted by @METHEZONE

        @METHEZONE · x.com

    4. Nov 81 post

      • AI + open source + curiosity = a free lesson every day. How Handy matches custom words ? Soundex (phonetic code, patented 1918, first used for US Census) + Levenshtein distance (1965; min edits to…

        Read full on X, posted by @tefanTamai1

        @tefanTamai1 · x.com

    5. Nov 61 post

      • We’re paying monthly subscriptions for things open-source AI can already do locally. Just came across handy , a free speech-to-text app. What other open-source tools have made your paid subscriptions…

        Read full on X, posted by @vishnu__cv

        @vishnu__cv · x.com

    6. Nov 51 post

      • YOUR AGENT IS SMART BUT HAS NO MEMORY, NO EYES AND NO HANDS. 5 FREE REPOS FIX THAT a better model won't fix an agent that forgets yesterday and can't see the screen. the missing parts are open source…

        Read full on X, posted by @Qyravex

        @Qyravex · x.com

    7. Nov 41 post

      • Dictation doesn't need the cloud. Handy: hold a shortcut, speak, release, and the text lands in your current app. Whisper or Parakeet runs locally. Windows, macOS, Linux. MIT. Models download…

        Read full on X, posted by @aiproduck

        @aiproduck · x.com

    8. Nov 32 posts

      • 今天 GitHub 被「远程AI编程+离线语音+免费API」联手屠榜了！3 个星标暴增最狠的开源项目，建议收藏👇 1. pingdotgg/t3code 手机、网页、桌面都能远程操控本机上的 AI 编程助手。 亮点：人在外面也能盯着电脑里的 AI 写代码。 🔗 一天 +3,100 星，总星 37,900 2. cjpais/Handy 完全离线的开源语音转文字桌面应用，声音不出本机。…

        Read full on X, posted by @GraceMcmenamin

        @GraceMcmenamin · x.com

      • Cloud STT hears every draft you dictate — and keeps a copy. Handy: hold a shortcut, speak, text pastes into any app. Whisper/Parakeet run fully offline. 36.5k stars. #GitHub #OpenSource

        Read full on X, posted by @wushi123321

        @wushi123321 · x.com

    9. Nov 21 post

      • Handy turns voice into text fully offline: 36,499 stars, +383 today. Source: #AI #DevTools

        Read full on X, posted by @AnggaM39410

        @AnggaM39410 · x.com

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