AI voice dictation that runs entirely on your Mac. No cloud, no subscription, no data leaving your device. On-device Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet models work in any app — IDE, browser, email, wherever your cursor is. Beyond dictation: voice-powered notes, tasks, AI text commands, custom dictionaries, and web search via Perplexity. Optional BYOK cloud mode: bring your own OpenAI/Groq/Deepgram key, pay providers directly. Pro license from $19.95. One-time. Forever.
I started building VibeSonic about a year ago. I was using various cloud transcription tools for my own development workflow and kept hitting the same problems: monthly subscriptions for something that should run locally, audio being sent to servers I don't control, and tools that only did transcription when I needed a full voice-first productivity system.
So I built what I wanted: a native Mac app that runs Whisper and Parakeet models entirely on-device, works in any app where you can type, and goes beyond dictation into notes, tasks, AI commands, and voice-triggered text editing. The BYOK model for cloud features means users who want GPT or fast cloud transcription can add their own API keys and pay providers directly — I never see their data or their bill.
Everything is my own code except a handful of open-source libraries and the AI models themselves. I built my own licensing system on Cloudflare Workers so there are no recurring infrastructure costs to pass on to users. That's what makes the lifetime license sustainable — the app runs on the user's machine, not my servers.
About VibeSonic on Product Hunt
“Not just dictation and private AI voice toolkit ”
VibeSonic launched on Product Hunt on April 8th, 2026 and earned 66 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #32 on the daily leaderboard. AI voice dictation that runs entirely on your Mac. No cloud, no subscription, no data leaving your device. On-device Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet models work in any app — IDE, browser, email, wherever your cursor is. Beyond dictation: voice-powered notes, tasks, AI text commands, custom dictionaries, and web search via Perplexity. Optional BYOK cloud mode: bring your own OpenAI/Groq/Deepgram key, pay providers directly. Pro license from $19.95. One-time. Forever.
On the analytics side, VibeSonic competes within Productivity, Writing and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how VibeSonic performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted VibeSonic?
VibeSonic was hunted by DΛX | VibeSonic.ai. 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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