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Jabber

A macOS menu bar app for local speech-to-text transcription using WhisperKit.

All audio is processed entirely on-device — nothing leaves your Mac.

⚠️ Personal Project Notice

This code was written for my own use. It is not supported in any way. No issues, no PRs, no questions answered, no guarantees it works. You're welcome to use it, fork it, modify it, sell it, burn it, whatever. Just don't expect anything from me. Good luck.

Requirements

• macOS 14.0+
• Apple Silicon recommended (Intel works but slower)

Installation

Download the latest DMG from Releases, open it, and drag Jabber to Applications.

Building from Source

swift build

For a release build with signing:

./scripts/release.sh --skip-notarize  # local testing
./scripts/release.sh                   # full signed + notarized DMG

Usage

1. Launch Jabber — it lives in your menu bar
2. Click the icon or use the global hotkey to start dictation
3. Speak, and text appears wherever your cursor is

Auto-Updates

Jabber uses Sparkle for auto-updates. On first launch (after the second run), it will check for updates automatically.

Setting up EdDSA keys (maintainers)

1. Download Sparkle from releases
2. Run ./bin/generate_keys to create a keypair (stored in Keychain)
3. Export the private key: ./bin/generate_keys -x sparkle_private_key
4. Add the private key as SPARKLE_EDDSA_PRIVATE_KEY secret in GitHub
5. Add your public key to SUPublicEDKey in Info.plist

Appcast

The workflow generates appcast.xml as an artifact. Host it at: https://rselbach.github.io/jabber/appcast.xml

License

Public Domain — see LICENSE. Do whatever you want with it.