Press a shortcut. Say what you want. Parrot turns your voice into clean text and pastes it.
Parrot is a local-first dictation app for macOS and Windows. It records your voice, transcribes it locally, cleans up the text, and pastes it into the app you were using.
- Free and open source
- Local-first and private
- No subscriptions or word limits
- Works across 100+ languages
- Smart cleanup and punctuation
- Personal dictionary for names, acronyms, and project terms
| Feature | Parrot | Wispr Flow | Typeless | Monologue | SuperWhisper | Willow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Private | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| No word limits | ✅ | ❌ Paid only | ❌ Paid only | ❌ Paid only | ✅ | ❌ Paid only |
| No subscription | ✅ | ❌ Paid plans | ❌ Paid plans | ❌ Paid plans | ❌ Paid plans | |
| Open source | ✅ | ❌ Proprietary | ❌ Proprietary | ❌ Proprietary | ❌ Proprietary | ❌ Proprietary |
Parrot uses:
- WhisperKit and whisper.cpp for speech-to-text.
- llama.cpp with local GGUF models for cleanup and formatting.
- Tauri, Rust, Swift, and TypeScript for the desktop app.
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux