Petal

<p align="center"> <img src="assets/readme/petal-icon.png" alt="Petal app icon" width="120" height="120"> <h1 align="center">Petal for macOS</h1> </p> <p align="center"> Petal is a native macOS app for fast, local-first audio transcription in a clean, minimal interface. </p> <p align="center"> <a aria-label="Download Latest Version" href="https://github.com/Aayush9029/petal/releases/latest"> <img alt="Download Latest Version" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Download%20Mac%20Version-black.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple"> </a> <a aria-label="Support Development" href="https://github.com/sponsors/Aayush9029"> <img alt="Support Development" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Support%20Development-white.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=githubsponsors&logoColor=ff5ca8"> </a> </p> <p align="center"> <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b5190e8-fe02-4225-9b77-f57c2127fe8d" width="100%"> </p>

Install

1. Download the latest version from the release page.
2. Open the .dmg and move Petal to Applications.
3. Launch Petal and grant microphone/accessibility permissions.

Supported Transcription Models

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Provider</th> <th>Model(s)</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle"><img src="assets/readme/models/apple.png" alt="Apple" width="28" height="28"> Apple</td> <td>Apple Speech Transcriber (version varies by macOS)</td> <td>Built in on supported Macs. No model download required.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><img src="assets/readme/models/qwen.png" alt="Qwen" width="28" height="28"> Qwen</td> <td>Qwen3 ASR</td> <td>Default balanced on-device model.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><img src="assets/readme/models/nvidia.png" alt="FluidAudio" width="28" height="28"> FluidAudio</td> <td>Parakeet TDT 0.6B (v3)</td> <td>Fast local Parakeet transcription via FluidAudio.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><img src="assets/readme/models/openai.png" alt="Whisper" width="28" height="28"> Whisper</td> <td>Whisper Large V3, Whisper Tiny</td> <td>High-accuracy and lightweight Whisper options via WhisperKit.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle"><img src="assets/readme/models/mistral.png" alt="Voxtral" width="28" height="28"> Voxtral</td> <td>Voxtral BF16, Voxtral 8-bit</td> <td>Fast local transcription with higher-end on-device quality.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Features

• Multiple transcription engines, all in one native app.

• Local-first workflow designed for Apple Silicon Macs.

• Fast transcription workflow with quick copy/paste output.

• Raycast extension

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Privacy

Petal is designed for local transcription workflows and keeps the experience on-device where possible.