Decision Workspace
whisper-overlay vs sotto vs whispers
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
whisper-overlay
growingv1.0.0
A wayland overlay providing speech-to-text functionality for any application via a global push-to-talk hotkey
44
sotto
experimentalv1.3.0
Local speech-to-text transcription for Linux/Wayland using Whisper
43
whispers
experimentalv0.2.1
Speech-to-text dictation tool for Wayland
Core Metrics
| whisper-overlay | sotto | whispers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 44 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 48 | 92 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 701d ago | 133d ago | 68d ago |
| Age | 1y 11m | 4m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
whisper-overlay
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
sotto
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
whispers
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| whisper-overlay | sotto | whispers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 1.3.0 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 13 | 32 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 367KB | 207KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sotto leads with a health score of 44/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •whisper-overlay has the most downloads (1.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ whisper-overlay has not been updated in over a year.
- •whispers is pre-1.0 — API may change.