Voice middleware

6 reusable Voice middleware libraries across every platform — libraries, SDKs, and drop-in systems. You should never have to know which ecosystem it lives in.

• aloo

  by DavidValin · Free · github

  Ultra secure (military grade) terminal based Walky Talky with Push to Talk support / text chat / Mail system / file transfer with public/private channels and DMs (MacOS, Linux and Windows)

  Voice   Rust

• aurum

  by joe-broadhead · Free · github

  Speech both ways. On-device by default. Local STT + TTS CLI, aurum-core, aurum-ffi.

  VoiceDeveloper Tools   Rust

• fonos

  by ethannortharc · Free · github

  A hotkey-first voice AI terminal for macOS & Linux: speak anywhere, transcribe, rewrite, capture notes/meetings, listen with TTS, and talk to AI agents using local or cloud models.

  AIVoice   Rust

• franken_whisper

  by Dicklesworthstone · Free · github

  Agent-first Rust ASR orchestration stack: Bayesian backend routing across whisper.cpp/insanely-fast-whisper/whisper-diarization, real-time NDJSON streaming, SQLite persistence, TTY audio transport, conformance harness. 107K lines, 2000+ tests, zero unsafe code.

  AIVoiceDatabaseDeveloper Tools   Rust

• stt-md

  by dreamxist · Free · github

  Lightweight macOS menubar app: mic → whisper → Ollama → Obsidian vault

  AIVoice   Rust

• voquill

  by jackbrumley · Free · github

  Local, private cross-platform voice dictation app speak anywhere, type everywhere. System-wide push-to-talk that converts speech to keystrokes in any application.

  Voice   Rust