Decision Workspace
stt-cli vs mic2txt vs whisper-overlay
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
stt-cli
growingv0.2.1
Speech to text Cli using Groq API and OpenAI API
38
mic2txt
experimentalv0.1.0
A minimal and fast Linux CLI tool to transcribe speech to text using whisper.cpp
37
whisper-overlay
growingv1.0.0
A wayland overlay providing speech-to-text functionality for any application via a global push-to-talk hotkey
Core Metrics
| stt-cli | mic2txt | whisper-overlay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 38 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 2.9K | 23 | 1.5K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 442d ago | 96d ago | 750d ago |
| Age | 1y 2m | 3m | 2y |
Health Breakdown
stt-cli
Maintenance
8
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
mic2txt
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
whisper-overlay
Maintenance
1
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| stt-cli | mic2txt | whisper-overlay | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.1 | 0.1.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 31 | 10 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 258KB | 24KB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •stt-cli leads with a health score of 41/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ stt-cli, whisper-overlay have not been updated in over a year.
- •stt-cli, mic2txt are pre-1.0 — API may change.