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nui.cat is a native speech to text daemon written in Rust.

Try it free - early access alpha

curl -fsSL https://nui.cat/install.sh | sudo sh

Debian 13+, Ubuntu 24.04+, Fedora 40+, Arch (AUR), or AppImage.

nui.cat is simple

Install = done. Push to talk or Toggle mode for longer dictation. Private on-device or cloud. It just works. Linux Wayland and X11. GNOME, KDE, Hyprland, Sway, COSMIC...

Features

100 min free monthly.
Private on-device or cloud
Vulkan GPU acceleration
Push-to-talk or toggle modes
Multilingual — works with 99 mixed-language speech
Unlimited monthly, yearly, lifetime plans available

Pricing

Free

100 min/month · no card needed

$0 /mo

nui.cat is in alpha, built by a solo dev. Only get a paid plan if you actively want to support development. Things won't always work perfectly.

Monthly

$9.90 /mo

Unlimited

Annual ★ 2 months free

$99 /yr

Unlimited

Lifetime

$249 $199

★ early bird

Pay once, own forever

Upgrade from the app — run nui settings

FAQ

Is my audio private?

With the local engine, audio never leaves your machine. Transcriptions run privately on-device. The cloud engine sends audio to our cloud transcription provider. Audio is never stored in either mode.

Do I need a GPU?

No. nui.cat auto-detects your hardware on first run. If you have a Vulkan-capable GPU (NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel), local transcription uses it automatically. Otherwise, it defaults to the cloud engine.

What languages are supported?

99 languages, including mixed-language speech in the same sentence. The multilingual model handles code-switching naturally — no need to pick a language first.

How much does it cost?

Free tier gives you 100 minutes per month. Unlimited plans start at $9.90/month, with yearly and lifetime options.

What desktops are supported?

GNOME, KDE Plasma, COSMIC, Hyprland, Sway, and any wlroots-based compositor on Wayland. X11 is also fully supported.