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⬇️ Download
Homebrew (macOS)
brew install --cask amical
🔮 Overview
Local-first AI Dictation app.
Amical is an open source AI-powered dictation and note-taking app that runs entirely on your machine. Powered by Whisper for speech-to-text and open source LLMs for intelligent processing, Amical gives you the power of AI dictation with complete privacy.
Context-aware dictation that adapts to what you're doing: drafting an email, chatting on Discord, writing prompts in your IDE, or messaging friends. Amical detects the active app and formats your speech accordingly.
✨ Features
✔︎ - Done, ◑ - In Progress, ◯ - Planned
🚀 Super-fast dictation with AI-enhanced accuracy ✔︎
🧠 Context-aware speech-to-text based on the active app ✔︎
📒 Smart voice notes → summaries, tasks, structured notes ◑
🔌 MCP integration → voice commands that control your apps ◯
🎙️ Real-time meeting transcription (mic + system audio) ◯
🔧 Extensible via hotkeys, voice macros, custom workflows ✔︎
🔐 Privacy-first: works offline, one click setup of local models in-app ✔︎
🪟 Floating widget for frictionless start/stop with custom hotkeys ✔︎
🔰 Tech Stack
- 🎤 Whisper
- 🦙 Ollama
- 🧑💻 Typescript
- 🖥️ Electron
- ☘️ Next.js
- 🎨 TailwindCSS
- 🧑🏼🎨 Shadcn
- 🔒 Better-Auth
- 🧘♂️ Zod
- 🐞 Jest
- 📚 Fumadocs
- 🌀 Turborepo
🤗 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please read the Contributing Guide to get started.
- 💡 Contributing Guide: Learn about our contribution process and coding standards.
- 🐛 Report an Issue: Found a bug? Let us know!
- 💬 Start a Discussion: Have ideas or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you.
🎗 License
Released under MIT.