no cloud · no api key · no electron tax
Press the
fun button.
Talk to your computer
like it's a friend.
A dev-grade voice dictation tool. Press Right Option, talk, watch your cleaned-up text land at the cursor. Local-first. Code-aware. Half the price of Wispr.
unsigned alpha · macOS 12+ · Windows + Linux next
See the wedge in action: /showdown — five real captured outputs, side by side.
How it works
Hold the button
Hold Right Option. Tray icon goes red. A tiny pill drops in the corner.
Talk normally
Ramble. Change your mind. Stutter. FunButton handles it. Up to ~60 seconds per take.
Release
Whisper Turbo transcribes. Llama 3.3 cleans (or your local Ollama if it's running). Cmd+V pastes. Total: ~1.5s.
(userName, age) => userName + age.toString()function fetch_user_data(id): Promise<User>Code mode auto-activates in Cursor, VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, Terminal, Xcode.
vs Wispr Flow
Wispr is great. We just don't want to send our voice through OpenAI to type a Slack message.
| Wispr Flow | FunButton | |
|---|---|---|
| Bundle / RAM | 800 MB Electron, 8% CPU idle | ~10 MB Tauri 2, ~50 MB |
| Local mode | No — cloud always | Yes — Ollama default |
| API key required | Yes | No (in local mode) |
| Code mode | Generic auto-cleanup | Spoken symbols + casing taxonomy |
| Linux | None | First-class (post-MVP) |
| Source | Closed | GPLv3 desktop core |
| Pricing | $144/yr, no lifetime | $99 lifetime (founders, planned) |
| Screen capture | Yes (privacy controversy) | Never |
Pricing
During alpha: everything is free. Post-1.0:
Free / BYOK
- Unlimited local mode (Ollama)
- Bring your own Groq key
- All code-mode profiles
- GPLv3 source — build it yourself
Pro
- Cloud cleanup quota included
- Sync across devices
- Priority Groq queue
- Premium voices (Claude Haiku tier)
Lifetime
founders, first 1k- Pro forever — no subscription
- All future features
- Direct line to the dev
- Locked in before $149
Wispr won't ever offer lifetime. They literally can't — the unit economics don't work when every dictation hits cloud. Local-first changes the math.