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Murmur
Open-source Mac menu-bar push-to-talk dictation that sends audio to OpenAI with your own API key.
Last push 2026-10-22 (gh api); no releases, build from source. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Voice dictation apps
Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (24% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (14% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? both (19% of 21 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? OpenAI's transcription API or OpenAI-compatible endpoints (0% of 18 others)
- Where does speech recognition happen by default? in the cloud only (15% of 20 others)
- Which open speech models can it run on your device? none (cloud only, or only its own or the system's built-in model) (18% of 17 others)
- Is 'your voice never leaves your device' the headline promise? no, not a focus (14% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (100% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (68% of 19 others)
- Does it also record meetings or calls? no (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Blurt 80% of 15 shared answers match
- ProofFlick 60% of 15 shared answers match
- Qwen Scribe 53% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart no, it needs the maker's servers Needs OpenAI's cloud for every dictation (not the maker's servers). | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account No Murmur account, but an OpenAI API account with billing is required. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart both Everyday dictation, but must be built with Xcode; README suggests installing via Claude Code. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart OpenAI's transcription API or OpenAI-compatible endpoints Sends audio to OpenAI with your own key. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does speech recognition happen by default? | stands apart in the cloud only | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which open speech models can it run on your device? | stands apart none (cloud only, or only its own or the system's built-in model) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it use an AI model to clean up or rewrite your dictated text, and where does that run? | AI rewrite in the cloud only | source 2026-10-26 |
| If you use cloud speech or AI, how is it paid for? | only with your own API key (you pay the provider) | source 2026-10-26 |
| What is the main way users pay the maker? | nothing | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does it run? | Mac only | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it also record meetings or calls? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is 'your voice never leaves your device' the headline promise? | stands apart no, not a focus | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
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- GitHub · github.com/leochaddad/murmur · read 2026-10-25
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