Hold Fn. Speak. Done.

Jot is dictation and transcription for your Mac that never sends your voice anywhere. Hold Fn in any app, talk, let go, and your words are in the field.

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Free and open source · Apple silicon · macOS 14 or later · Prerelease

Jot's Dictations window with one saved test dictation

On your Mac

Speech recognition runs locally with open models through FluidAudio. No account, no cloud transcription.

Into any app

Release Fn and Jot inserts the text where your cursor is. It never presses Return, and it skips password fields.

Nothing lost

If the field moved or the insert can't be confirmed, the dictation is saved for you to review and copy.

More than a dictation key

Listens when you want

Resume, and Jot keeps a searchable transcript of what it hears. Pause stops the microphone. Start a meeting to name it; end it to save Markdown to your Documents folder.

Knows who spoke

After a session, a speaker pass groups rows by voice. Name a speaker once and Jot recognizes that voice next time. It keeps a small voice signature, never the audio.

Suggestions on double-tap

Double-tap Fn to continue your text, rewrite a selection, or draft a reply in an empty chat box. It uses Apple's on-device model on macOS 26, or a model you choose.

Your words, spelled right

Add names and terms to your personal vocabulary and Jot uses your spelling every time you dictate. Original transcripts stay unchanged.

Built for coding agents

A bundled CLI and MCP server let Claude Code and other agents search what you said, follow a meeting live, or write session notes on request.

Feels like the Mac

A menu bar app with your system accent color, light and dark appearance, and Liquid Glass on macOS 26.

$ jot search 'blue notebook'
$ jot meeting start Design review
$ jot notes <session-id>

Private by default

Your voice stays here. Audio is recognized on this Mac. Session audio kept for the speaker pass is deleted when it finishes, and you can turn that off.
Your transcripts stay here. They live in a local database in your Library folder. Nothing syncs.
Two small requests, both switchable. Once a day Jot asks GitHub whether a new release exists, and sends anonymous usage counts with no text, audio or ID. Both live under General → Privacy. See exactly what is sent.
Remote models only if you ask. Bring an Ollama, LM Studio or API-key model for cleanup or suggestions; each use stays off until you switch it on.

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Jot's General settings in dark appearance

Install

Download

Get Jot-<version>.zip from the newest release, unzip it, and move Jot to Applications.

Releases

Homebrew

brew tap stonehub/jot https://github.com/StoneHub/jot
brew install --cask stonehub/jot/jot

How the cask works

From source

Clone the repository and follow Build and install in the README. Needs Xcode, your own signing identity and an Apple silicon Mac.

Build steps

Jot is in prerelease. Builds aren't notarized by Apple yet, so the first time you open the ZIP download, allow it once under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. The Homebrew cask checks Jot's signature and skips that step. Until notarized releases ship, a build may not open on every Mac.

Jot updates itself: once a day it looks for a new release and shows a dot on Models & updates. Suggestions and cleanup with Apple Intelligence need macOS 26; everything else works on macOS 14 and 15.