Show HN: Chirp – Local Windows dictation with ParakeetV3 no executable required

Summary

Chirp Chirp is a Windows dictation app that runs fully locally using ParakeetV3 STT and is managed end-to-end with uv . Chirp does not require the ability to run executable files (like .exe) on Windows. It was designed so that if you're allowed to run Python on your machine, you can run Chirp. Why ParakeetV3? ParakeetV3 has indistinguishable accuracy from Whisper-large-V3 (multilingual WER 4.91 vs 5.05) but is 17x faster and only requires a CPU while Whisper models of comparable accuracy require GPU's. https://huggingface.co/spaces/hf-audio/open_asr_leaderboard Goals Provide fast, reliable, local-first dictation on Windows. GPU not needed or wanted. Corporate environment friendly - NO NEW EXECUTABLES (.exe) REQUIRED. If you can run python you can run chirp. Features Local STT via Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 with optional int8 quantization. Global hotkey to toggle capture, clipboard paste injection, and configurable word overrides. Optional audio feedback cues and style prompting for post-processed text. CPU support by default with optional GPU providers when available. Architecture src/chirp/main.py — CLI entrypoint and application loop. — CLI entrypoint and application loop. src/chirp/config_manager.py — configuration loading and Windows-specific paths. — configuration loading and Windows-specific paths. src/chirp/parakeet_manager.py — Parakeet backend integration and provider handling. — Parakeet backend integration and provider handling. src/chirp/setup.py — one-time setup routine that prepares local model assets. Setup (Windows, uv-only) Clone the repository and enter it: git clone https: // github.com / Whamp / chirp.git cd chirp uv run python - m chirp.setup # one-time setup and model downloading Running Daily usage (preferred, works even on systems that block .exe launchers): uv run python - m chirp.main launchers): Verbose/debug logging: uv run python - m chirp.main -- -- verbose CLI help and options: uv run python - m chirp.main -- -- help Customization The config...