An open source tool to capture voice notes without cloud latency, scripts, or surprises.
Soundvibes keeps your workflow local. Vulkan-only system dependencies, automatic model downloads, and a hotkey toggle flow that keeps capture under your control.
Quickstart
Two commands, done.
Start the daemon once
sv daemon start Hotkey your toggle
sv Models download automatically on first run. Bind the toggle to any hotkey in your environment.
How It Works
A calm toggle rhythm.
Start the daemon once, then hotkey the toggle wherever you work. Soundvibes listens locally, trims silence, and prints the transcript when you toggle off. Everything stays on your device—no cloud, no network calls.
Launch the daemon
sv daemon start
Bind your hotkey
sv to any key
Toggle & go
Transcript appears at cursor
Installation
One command to install.
The install script handles dependencies, downloads the binary, and sets up configuration automatically. Works on Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, and Fedora.
Quick Install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kejne/soundvibes/main/install.sh | sh