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Sonora is a free, open-source floating voice-dictation bar for macOS, Windows and Linux. Press a shortcut, speak, and text appears live at your cursor — powered by Gemini, Mistral, OpenAI, Groq or 100% local Whisper.
Honest origin story: I wanted a voice-dictation app like Speakly or Wispr Flow, the kind where you press a key, talk, and the text lands right where your cursor is. Then I hit the usual wall: not available on Linux. Like a lot of great tools, it's macOS/Windows only.
So I built the thing I wished existed. 🎙️
Sonora is an open-source, Spotlight-style floating dictation bar for macOS, Windows AND Linux. Hit a global shortcut, speak, and the text shows up live, either typed straight at your cursor or copied to your clipboard.
What makes it different:
- 🐧 Actually runs on Linux (Wayland + X11), not just mac/Windows
- 🔌 Bring your own engine: Gemini (live streaming), Mistral, OpenAI, Groq, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
- 🔒 100% offline mode with local Whisper, so nothing leaves your machine and no API key is needed
- ✨ Optional cleanup/reformulation that kills the "uhh"s and rewrites the tone
- 🆓 Free and MIT-licensed. Your API keys live in the OS keychain, not on someone's server
Fun fact: Sonora was built almost entirely by an AI agent, with me steering and testing on my own machine. Take it as a little demo of what's possible that way. 🤖
It's early and I'd genuinely love your feedback: which engine you'd pick, what's missing, what breaks. Especially curious to hear from fellow Linux folks who keep getting left out of the dictation party. 🙌
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About Sonora on Product Hunt
“Speak. The text writes itself.”
Sonora was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #145 on the daily leaderboard. Sonora is a free, open-source floating voice-dictation bar for macOS, Windows and Linux. Press a shortcut, speak, and text appears live at your cursor — powered by Gemini, Mistral, OpenAI, Groq or 100% local Whisper.
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Who hunted Sonora?
Sonora was hunted by Thomas Sieffert. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Thomas Sieffert
Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm the maker of Sonora.
Honest origin story: I wanted a voice-dictation app like Speakly or Wispr Flow, the kind where you press a key, talk, and the text lands right where your cursor is. Then I hit the usual wall: not available on Linux. Like a lot of great tools, it's macOS/Windows only.
So I built the thing I wished existed. 🎙️
Sonora is an open-source, Spotlight-style floating dictation bar for macOS, Windows AND Linux. Hit a global shortcut, speak, and the text shows up live, either typed straight at your cursor or copied to your clipboard.
What makes it different:
- 🐧 Actually runs on Linux (Wayland + X11), not just mac/Windows
- 🔌 Bring your own engine: Gemini (live streaming), Mistral, OpenAI, Groq, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
- 🔒 100% offline mode with local Whisper, so nothing leaves your machine and no API key is needed
- ✨ Optional cleanup/reformulation that kills the "uhh"s and rewrites the tone
- 🆓 Free and MIT-licensed. Your API keys live in the OS keychain, not on someone's server
Fun fact: Sonora was built almost entirely by an AI agent, with me steering and testing on my own machine. Take it as a little demo of what's possible that way. 🤖
It's early and I'd genuinely love your feedback: which engine you'd pick, what's missing, what breaks. Especially curious to hear from fellow Linux folks who keep getting left out of the dictation party. 🙌
Thanks for checking it out!