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Description

Wave is a lightweight, native macOS dictation app focused on fast voice-to-text workflows with local transcription and minimal UI overhead. Speak with a global shortcut, transcribe locally with Whisper, and paste instantly into the active app.

Quick start

Build it yourself for free from source, or get the ready-to-use app on Gumroad with lifetime updates for just $5.99.

Build from source

Build the app:

make build

Open:

open build/Build/Products/Release/Wave.app

Or launch from Xcode:

• Open Wave.xcodeproj
• Select scheme Wave
• Run

Notes

• This repository is intended for personal/local use builds.
• No hosted update/release setup is required to run the app locally.

Roadmap

• Toggle-style recording mode from settings
• Local/offline transcription with Whisper models
• Add optional text cleanup modes (punctuation, capitalization, concise cleanup)
• Add app-specific behavior profiles (different formatting for IDE/chat/docs)
• Add recent dictation history with one-click reinsert/copy
• Add quality presets for speed vs accuracy
• Add AI agent mode: speak natural-language instructions to write or edit selected text

Support

For any feedback or assistance, join the Discord community.
For feature requests, bug reports, or help, you can also create a GitHub issue.

Credits

• whisper.cpp for local speech-to-text inference
• Sparkle for macOS update framework support
• Apple SwiftUI/AppKit ecosystem for native macOS app foundations

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, including AI-assisted feature work.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for local setup, expectations, and validation checklist.