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CLUSTER VIDEO-DESKTOP-OFFLINE · 33 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-01-03

Offline desktop subtitle transcription

This cluster consists of desktop applications that transcribe audio and video files locally, offline, and often free, exporting subtitles in SRT format. Some also translate spoken content. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from — only three pre-index entries exist. The leading product by traction is whisper-gui-windows with 150 stars, followed by Moss-Transcribe-WebUI (12) and wavesubs (6).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2015: 1FEB 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1JUN 2026: 3AUG 2026: 5SEP 2026: 15OCT 2026: 7
SEP 2015OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled

Operator · 12 hobby · 2 indie · 1 open source · 5 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01whisper-gui-windows150★1 moliveProvides a local GUI for transcribing audio to subtitles without uploading data.
  2. 02opensubs51★9 daysliveTool that transcribes, translates, styles, and burns subtitles into videos entirely in the browser without uploading the video, available also as an extension, desktop app, or command line.
  3. 03windows-video-to-srt-subtitle-generator25★2 days—hobbyWindows desktop application that converts video or audio files into timestamped SRT subtitle files and lets users review and export captions.
  4. 04Moss-Transcribe-WebUI12★25 days—hobbyLocal web application that transcribes audio and video files with speaker separation and exports results as text, subtitles, or JSON.
  5. 05mai2srt11★14 days—hand-codedhobbyDesktop app that transcribes audio and video into subtitles with word-level timestamps and exports standard SRT files.
  6. 06babelscribe5★1 daylivehobbySpeech transcription tool that converts audio and video files into text and subtitles in 99 languages, running offline on local GPUs.
  7. 07subber3★1 moliveindieDesktop app that transcribes and translates spoken video offline and exports subtitle files for use in video editing software.
  8. 08Subly1★6 dayslivehand-codedindieDesktop app that creates synced caption tracks from videos, including verbatim transcript, transliterated text, and translation, all processed locally.
  9. 09opencaptions0★1 day—hobbySelf-hosted app that transcribes videos, applies animated word-level caption styles, and exports burned-in videos or subtitle files.
  10. 10vox0★10 days—hobbyDesktop app for macOS that converts local audio and video files into text transcripts, supporting many languages, silence removal, and subtitle export.
  11. 11whisper-desktop-bin0★14 daysliveopen sourceDesktop studio that transcribes speech locally, translates subtitles, and burns subtitles into videos.
  12. 12remedy-transcription0★15 days—Desktop app that transcribes video and audio locally from files or YouTube links and exports subtitles and text.
  13. 13DialogueCollector0★12 days—Desktop app that extracts dialogue lines from local videos using subtitle files and builds a character-organized audio clip library.
  14. 14transkripu0★11 days—hobbyOn-device transcriber that converts uploaded audio and video files or YouTube links into subtitle and text exports, with optional automatic summaries and no cloud upload.
  15. 15subtitulo-studio0★9 days—hobbyLocal web app for video creators that transcribes speech into subtitles, edits timing, and exports subtitle files or videos with animated karaoke captions.
  16. 16whisper-openvino-arc0★17 days—Local app that transcribes audio or video using AI, filters silence, and exports subtitles in standard formats.
  17. 17subtitle-extract0★18 days—hobbyDesktop app that extracts burned-in subtitles from video files using OCR and exports them as SRT or text files.
  18. 18mlx-transcripter0★4 days—hobbymacOS utility that transcribes local audio and video files into text and subtitles from the Finder.
  19. 19compressor1★1 molivehobbyDesktop app that compresses videos and transcribes speech into text and subtitle files entirely on-device.
  20. 20transcriber2★1 mo—hobbyDesktop app that transcribes audio and video files into text locally, offline and free, with automatic cleanup and subtitle export.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.