Stop typing.Just talk.
Wren turns your voice into text wherever your cursor is— any app, any window. Press a shortcut, say what you mean, and it's written. No copy-paste, no switching apps.
Free forever · Linux today · macOS & Windows soon
Your email. Your editor. Your chat. Your search bar. Wherever your cursor is.
Three seconds to your first sentence
No setup rituals. No learning curve. If you can talk, you can use Wren.
Press the shortcut
Hit your hotkey from anywhere. No window to open, no app to switch to — Wren is always one key away.
Talk naturally
Speak the way you'd speak to a person. Wren listens and understands full sentences, not just commands.
It's written
Your words land exactly where your cursor was — punctuation and all. Keep working without missing a beat.
Everything you'd expect. Nothing you wouldn't.
Built to disappear into your day — fast, quiet, and respectful of your privacy.
3× faster than typing
Speak a paragraph in the time it takes to type a line. Your thoughts, at the speed you think them.
Private by default
Your audio stays on your machine unless you choose a cloud provider — and Wren always makes that choice obvious.
Feather-light
So light you forget it's running. No heavy AI runtime sitting in the background eating your battery.
Works everywhere you do
Any app, any text field. If you can click into it, you can talk into it — no integrations required.
Nothing is stored
Wren transcribes and moves on. Your voice isn't saved, logged, or sold. Ever.
Free and open source
No subscription, no account, no catch. Read the code, trust the code, own the tool.
Your voice, your rules
Most dictation apps trap you: everything runs locally and slowly, or everything goes to one company's cloud. Wren lets you choose — and switch anytime.
Cloud API
Fastest, most accurate. Bring your own provider — you're never locked to one company.
Available nowYour local server
Run transcription on your own machine or network. Nothing leaves your walls.
Available nowOn-device engine
Fully offline, built right in. No internet, no server, no dependencies.
Coming soonQuestions, answered
Is Wren really free?
Yes. Wren is free and open source. Download it, use it, keep it forever — no subscription, no account, no upsell.
Is my voice private?
By default your audio never leaves your computer. If you choose a cloud transcription provider for extra speed, Wren makes that crystal clear in the interface. Either way, nothing is stored — your voice is transcribed and gone.
Which computers does it work on?
Linux today. macOS and Windows are on the way. Follow the GitHub repo to know the moment they land.
Do I need to be technical to use it?
Not at all. Install it, pick a shortcut, and start talking. Wren is built to stay out of your way.
How is it different from the dictation built into my OS?
Wren works in every app the same way, doesn't lock you to one vendor, and lets you decide where transcription happens — on-device, your own server, or a cloud API of your choice.
Download Wren, pick your shortcut, and say your first sentence out loud. It's free — and it's open.
Linux today · macOS & Windows soon