Whisper
Whisper is a free, open-source keyboard for Android. Voice recognition based on Whisper. It has 646 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Java
- Keyboards
- Actively maintained
About Whisper
Whisper is an input method editor (IME) with voice recognition based on Whisper It can work as standalone app and also offers an IME which can e.g. be activated via the microphone button in HeliBoard. At first start it needs to download the Whisper models from Hugging Face. This is the only use of the internet permission. Voice recognition works completely offline. As standalone app Whisper can also translate any supported language to English. To get the most out of Whisper: Press and hold the button while speaking Pause briefly before starting to speak Speak clearly, loudly, and at a moderate pace Please note that there is a limit of 30s for each recording
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Whisper from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Whisper?
Whisper is a free, open-source keyboard for Android. Voice recognition based on Whisper. It has 646 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Whisper free and open source?
Yes. Whisper's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install Whisper?
You can install Whisper from F-Droid (package org.woheller69.whisper); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: V3.7).
Is Whisper still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 30, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 5, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.