Show HN: Muesli – If Granola and Wisprflow had an open source on device baby

Category: devtools

Tags: dictation, meeting-transcription, speech-to-text, macos, local-first, coreml, privacy

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Muesli is a native macOS app for local-first dictation and meeting transcription, combining multiple on-device ASR models with VAD-driven chunking, speaker diarization, and optional AI summarization via BYOK or ChatGPT OAuth. It stands out for its pure Swift implementation (no Python dependencies), agent-friendly CLI, and comprehensive feature set that rivals cloud-based services while ensuring privacy.

Target audience: macOS users, knowledge workers, meeting attendees, developers, AI agents

Repository: https://freedspeech.xyz · Swift · MIT · 190 stars

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