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kitlangton/Hex

Archived: legacy Swift Hex app. New app and source: github.com/anomalyco/hex

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How fast kitlangton/Hex is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

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

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +24 in 61 days

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Forks +12 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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    • GitHub trending history

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

    Swift

    Jan 12 – Aug 20, 2026#1 on 5 days

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about kitlangton/Hex, and every badge it has earned
    1. Jul 211 post

      • my favourite open source i've started using this month has been Hex by @kitlangton replaced Glaido / wisprflow and it's faster + free i rarely glaze people on the TL, but if you speak to your…

        Read full on X, posted by @kelanoo

        @kelanoo · x.com

    2. 20 days earlier
    3. Jul 11 post

      • I would really like to give HEX a try, but why is this app requesting Input Monitoring permission just to set a keyboard shortcut?! 👉 All other apps of this kind can do this without that permission.…

        Read full on X, posted by @_radermacher

        @_radermacher · x.com

    4. 29 days earlier
    5. Jun 22 posts

      • 2: Hex converts voice to text with a hotkey, supports Apple Silicon macOS, and integrates Parakeet TDT v3 and WhisperKit for on-device transcription. Open-source, issues welcomed, two recording…

        Read full on X, posted by @ALTestTw

        @ALTestTw · x.com

      • 3: Hex translates your voice to text with a hotkey—fast, on-device options, and two recording modes. Open issues, contribute, and try Hex on Apple Silicon Macs. Learn more: #VoiceToText #MacOS…

        Read full on X, posted by @ALTestTw

        @ALTestTw · x.com

    6. Jun 11 post

      • This is a test of a free software called Hex that might just be as good as Whisper flow.. I'm not sure yet. I don't know if it like automatically takes words out or formats everything correctly. So,…

        Read full on X, posted by @clockworkhr_

        @clockworkhr_ · x.com

    7. May 292 posts

      • To all my macOS users, just use Hex for speech to text; thank me later.

        Read full on X, posted by @prathamdby

        @prathamdby · x.com

      • I was looking for a speech-to-text tool and came across Hex, built by my colleague @kitlangton. It's very good and works locally

        Read full on X, posted by @dustindeus

        @dustindeus · x.com

    8. 13 days earlier
    9. May 161 post

      • less go I use parakeet tdt v2/v3 everyday with @kitlangton's

        Read full on X, posted by @karaninthewire

        @karaninthewire · x.com

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