voice-ai

opentypeless: Fast Voice‑Typing Across macOS, Windows & Linux

Name: opentypeless: Fast Voice‑Typing Across macOS, Windows & Linux
Author: tover0314-w

Turn speech into polished text instantly in any app—perfect for founders who need hands‑free note‑taking on every desktop platform.

From the repo · “Open-source AI voice typing for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Press a hotkey, speak naturally, get polished text in any app.”

629 stars+18★ this week121 forksRustGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 21Updated 10/22/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Opentypeless provides open-source voice typing for macOS, Windows, and Linux, allowing founders to achieve hands-free productivity by speaking naturally and getting polished text in any app.

When to use it

•When you need to create content without typing, such as writing blog posts or creating social media updates
•When you want to increase productivity by using voice commands to perform tasks
•When you have difficulty typing due to injury or disability and need an alternative input method

Ready-to-paste prompt

cargo run -- --lang en-US to start opentypeless with English (US) language support

Heads up: You need to have Rust and Cargo installed on your system to build and run opentypeless, as it is written in Rust and uses Cargo as its package manager

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/opentypeless && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/opentypeless/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/opentypeless/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How opentypeless: Fast Voice‑Typing Across macOS, Windows & Linux works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Opentypeless: Fast Voice‑Typing Across macOS, Windows & Linux is a large Rust project (~53k lines across 184 code files, plus 52 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

Large codebase

~53k lines · 184 code files · ~7 h to skim

Setup

Developer setup

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

Runs on

Node.js

No API keys detected

Rust 59%TypeScript 40%CSS 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
src/App.tsx
Where the program starts running
3
package.json
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic190 files

docs/Documentation52 files

src-tauri/Folder99 files

scripts/Helper scripts1 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)27 files

.vscode/Editor / agent settings1 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/opentypeless && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/opentypeless/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/opentypeless/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

tover0314-w

Language

Rust