If you can’t run an installer
Nothing OpenWhispr installs requires administrator rights to run, and
everything it writes stays in your user account — see where your files
live.
If the network is filtered
The app makes outbound HTTPS connections on port 443, and everything else it runs binds to your own machine by design. It honours system proxies on all three platforms. Network allowlist is written to be forwarded to a firewall administrator: the hostnames, split into what’s required and what’s optional. Local transcription needs the internet exactly once — to download the model. After that it works offline entirely.If security software blocks it
New signed applications get flagged before they build reputation, and OpenWhispr’s Windows build has been caught by Norton in the past. Antivirus blocks OpenWhispr covers what to check and what to send us.If your policy says nothing may leave the device
That’s a supported configuration, not an argument. Choose Local for transcription and a local model for AI, and no audio or text reaches our servers — or anyone else’s. Two settings worth pairing with it:- Data Retention off, if nothing should be written to disk either.
- Cloud backup stays off unless you turn it on. It already is by default.