Decision Workspace
whisper-overlay vs whispers vs stt-cli
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
46
whispers
experimentalv0.2.1
Speech-to-text dictation tool for Wayland
41
stt-cli
experimentalv0.2.1
Speech to text Cli using Groq API and OpenAI API
Core Metrics
| whisper-overlay | whispers | stt-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 46 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 1.5K | 72 | 2.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 14 | 74 | 8 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 642d ago | 9d ago | 334d ago |
| Age | 1y 9m | 14d | 11m |
Health Breakdown
whisper-overlay
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
whispers
Maintenance
15
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
stt-cli
Maintenance
9
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| whisper-overlay | whispers | stt-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 18 | 32 | 31 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 207KB | 258KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •whispers leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •stt-cli has the most downloads (2.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ whisper-overlay has not been updated in over a year.
- •whispers, stt-cli are pre-1.0 — API may change.