Yap
Fast, private, open-source dictation for macOS.
macOS 26 (Tahoe) · Apple Silicon
On-device
Runs on Apple's on-device Speech framework. Nothing to download.
One shortcut
Press to start, press to stop. Rebind it to any key you like.
Pastes anywhere
Text lands in whatever field you were in, terminal to browser.
Private by default
No account, no API key, no telemetry. Audio never leaves your Mac.
Local history
Every transcript is saved on your Mac, searchable and ready to reuse.
Works offline
No network code at all. Dictate on a plane with no signal.
Why we built Yap
We yap all day at Frigade
Mostly for prompting coding agents, writing emails, and firing off Slack messages. Nothing out there was fast and private enough, so we built Yap for ourselves and open sourced it.