Quivr

by QuivrHQ

OSS 'second brain' that ingests transcripts via Whisper.

TL;DR

OSS 'second brain' that ingests transcripts via Whisper.

Best for showing how to wire Whisper into a downstream RAG product. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, Docker, macOS

What it is

An open second-brain app — included as a downstream-pattern reference. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Showing how to wire Whisper into a downstream RAG product.
Watch out for: Not an ASR engine; reference architecture.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported50
HIPAA eligibleNo

Quivr vs Whipscribe

FeatureQuivrWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages5099
PlatformsLinux, Docker, macOSWeb, API, MCP

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Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.