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OpenWhispr/openwhispr
Cooling offCooling offUsual weekly gain is at least 50 stars and this week's is under 40% of it. More on the methodology pageOpenWhispr/openwhispr
Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform.
JavaScript
Cooling off: this week's gain is 0.3x its usual 728 a week (the rule needs under 0.4x).
Gaining 245 stars this week, 0.3x its usual pace. Last push today.
Verdicts publish once our backtest passes. This label is a measured fact, not a verdict.
Repository on GitHub Project homepage
Why now 3% of its stars arrived in the last 7 days. Gaining 0.3x its usual weekly pace. No Hacker News posts in the last 7 days.
- Stars StarsThe number of GitHub stars on the repository at our latest reading.
- 9,089
- Gain 7d Gain 7dStars gained since our latest reading from at least 7 days ago.
- +245.0
- Pace Velocity (Nx usual pace)This week's star gain divided by the project's usual weekly gain. The usual gain is the average weekly gain over the 4 weeks before (days 8 to 35 ago), counted as at least 10 stars. 2.0x means twice the usual pace. Without a reading from 35 days ago, the ranking assumes 2% of the stars the project had 7 days ago as its usual weekly gain. More on the methodology page
- 0.3x usual 728 a week
- HN points HN pointsHacker News points added up across posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.
- 0 7 days
- Downloads DownloadsDownloads per day of the project's package, as the registry (npm or PyPI) reports them.
- n/a
- Contributors Contributors, all timePeople and anonymous contributors who have ever committed to the repository, as GitHub counts them. A small number is context, not a flaw: many solid projects are kept by one or two people.
- 95
- Last release Latest releaseDays since the latest GitHub release was published.
- 6 days ago
Gain 24h Gain 24hStars gained since our latest reading from at least 24 hours ago. +19. Forks ForksThe number of GitHub forks of the repository at our latest reading. 1,125. Open issues Open issuesThe number of open issues on the repository at our latest reading, as GitHub counts them. 416. Days since push Days since pushDays since the last push to the repository. 0 days. Archived ArchivedWhether the owner has archived the repository on GitHub. An archived repository is read-only. no. Hacker News posts in 7 days Hacker News postsThe number of Hacker News posts that mention the project, published in the last 7 days.: 0. Watchers WatchersThe number of GitHub users watching the repository for notifications, at our latest reading. 19. Contributors ContributorsPeople with a GitHub account who have committed to the repository, as GitHub counts them. 95. Latest release Latest releaseDays since the latest GitHub release was published. 6 days ago.
Facts
The Receipts
We have stored no threads, mentions, package numbers or dependency facts for this project yet.
What changed recently
GitHub release dates we stored. We do not track license changes yet.
Cite this
OpenWhispr/openwhispr is a GitHub project at https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr written mainly in JavaScript, described there as "Voice-to-text dictation app with local (Nvidia Parakeet/Whisper) and cloud models (BYOK). Privacy-first and available cross-platform".
Source: https://midorreal.com/project/openwhispr-openwhispr, checked 7 October 2026. The same facts as JSON: /project/openwhispr-openwhispr.json.
Rank history
Peak day: +594 stars on 7 Sep 2026, 30 days ago.
Stars
Packages
- We checked npm, PyPI, Docker Hub, crates.io and Homebrew and found no package that links to this repository.
Signals
| Source | What we measured | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 9,089 stars, 245 gained in 7 days | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Hacker News | No posts stored | - |
| Feed mentions | Not tracked yet | - |
| npm | No linked package found | - |
| PyPI | No linked package found | - |
| Docker Hub | No linked package found | - |
| crates.io | No linked package found | - |
| Homebrew | No linked package found | - |
| deps.dev | Not tracked yet | - |
| Hugging Face | Not tracked yet | - |
| Bluesky | Not tracked yet | - |
| Stack Exchange | Not tracked yet | - |
| YouTube | Not tracked yet | - |
Attention vs adoption
Attention: above 12% of tracked projects
Star velocity against all tracked projects
Adoption: not enough data to rank
Downloads, dependents and pulls
Not enough comparable data yet to set attention against adoption. This describes the numbers; it is not a verdict.
Hacker News
| Post | Points PointsThe points the post has on Hacker News. | Comments CommentsThe number of comments on the post on Hacker News. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Hacker News posts mention it in the last 7 days. | |||
Repo health
- Repository age Repository ageTime since the repository was created on GitHub. This is the repository, not necessarily the project, which may have existed elsewhere before.15 months, created 19 Jun 2025
Badge
For maintainers: one measured fact, no verdict. 
Markdown
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<a href="https://midorreal.com/project/openwhispr-openwhispr"><img src="https://midorreal.com/badge/openwhispr-openwhispr.svg" alt="Mid or Real"></a>First tracked 6 Oct 2026 at 9,089 stars.
- GitHub data 28 min old
- Hacker News data 12 min old, no posts found
Figures by method 1.0