Buzz
Free desktop app that runs Whisper offline on Windows, Mac, Linux.
Best freeFreeOpenRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Free private transcription and subtitles
- On your PC
- Easy
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Free with no minute limits
- Works on Windows, Mac and Linux
- Exports subtitles and supports live transcription
Downsides
- Windows installer is unsigned, so you get a warning
- Plainer and slower than MacWhisper
- Default Whisper models trail the newest cloud services
At a glance.
- Best for
- Free private transcription and subtitles
- Price
- Free, open source
- Version
- 1.4.5Released 2026-08
- Works on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- Chidi Williams (open source)
- Website
- github.com
Should you use it?
Yes: it is our best free pick for speech to text. Free app, no minute limits, runs offline on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Easy: install an app and click.
Use Buzz app (Whisper, Whisper.cpp, Faster Whisper).
- You need
- Any laptop with 8 GB RAM; faster with a GPU
- Setup
- EasyInstall an app and click
- Laptop, 8 GBRuns
- PC, 16 GB+Runs
- Mac, 16 GBRuns
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPURuns
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns