voice-ai

Openless: AI-polished text

Name: Openless: AI-polished text
Author: Open-Less

Get polished text in any app with openless, a free voice input tool for macOS and Windows, backed by 2.3k+ GitHub stars.

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free

3,308 stars294 forksRustHealth Score 9/10Updated 8/26/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Hold a key and speak, then AI-polished text appears at your cursor in any app.

What you can make with it

Automations like writing articles, notes, or code with voice input and AI editing.

How it helps

This tool saves time by allowing voice input, and AI editing reduces the need for multiple drafts.

Real use case example

"A solo developer named Emma wants to write a blog post faster. She holds down a key, speaks a draft, and releases – AI-polished text appears at her cursor. Emma saves 2 hours of writing time."

If you're new

Perfect for beginners, as it requires basic setup but offers a powerful tool for voice input and AI editing.

If you're senior

Senior developers will appreciate its integration with various AI tools, ideal for creating advanced automations.

Common confusion cleared up

This tool is not a language translation service, but rather a voice input and editing tool, so don't expect it to translate your speech to a different language.

Best inside these AI tools

Any AI Client

Pairs with

Claude APICodex CLIGeminiGPT (ChatGPT)

Why we list it on WorkflowStacks: Included in the marketplace due to its free and open-source status, a cost-effective option for users.

What it does

Openless is a free voice input tool that allows you to get polished text in any app by holding a key, speaking, and releasing, with AI-polished text appearing at your cursor.

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/Open-Less/openless.git && cd openless

When to use it

•When you need to write a lot of text quickly and accurately
•When you want to reduce typos and grammatical errors in your writing
•When you prefer to dictate text instead of typing it manually

Quick start

1Build the project using the command `cargo build`
2Run the application using `cargo run`
3Configure the shortcut key in the `config.json` file
4Hold the configured shortcut key, speak, and release to see the AI-polished text appear at your cursor
5Adjust the AI model settings in the `config.json` file for better results

Ready-to-paste prompt

Hold the shortcut key, say 'Hello, this is a test of openless', and release to see the polished text

Heads up: Make sure you have Rust installed on your system, as openless is built using Rust, and the `cargo` command is used to build and run the application

Saves to your device

Topics

ai-prompt

asr

dictation

linux

llm

macos

open-source

prompt-engineering

rust

speech-to-text

tauri

typeless

typeless-alternative

voice-input

windows

wispr-flow-alternative

How Openless: AI-polished text works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Openless: AI-polished text is a very large Rust project (~166k lines across 461 code files, plus 8 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~166k lines · 461 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Rust

No API keys detected

Rust 46%HTML 23%TypeScript 21%JavaScript 4%Kotlin 2%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
openless-all/app/android/README.md
Inside openless-all/app/ — the main logic begins here
3
Examples/polish-reference-examples.sample.jsonl
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

openless-all/app/Core code — the actual logic549 files

docs/Documentation15 files

Examples/Examples you can copy1 files

openless-all/design_handoff_openless/Folder14 files

openless-all/scripts/Helper scripts6 files

scripts/Helper scripts3 files

Casks/Folder1 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)7 files