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Tony Kipkemboi released rekody, a mac/CLI-only app that records speech (hold…

2026-06-11 · 13:11 UTC ·@DataChaz ·0 min read

Brief

Tony Kipkemboi launched rekody, an open-source mac/CLI app that captures audio via hold-option+space, transcribes locally with a Whisper model, maintains searchable history, and pastes text anywhere; built in 'YOLO mode' on Codex by OpenAIDevs and presented on 2026-06-11 as a lightweight WisprFlow competitor by his former colleague @DataChaz.

Why it matters

Tony Kipkemboi released rekody, a mac/CLI-only app that records speech (hold option+space) and pastes transcriptions anywhere, using a local Whisper model and searchable history; he announced it publicly on 2026-06-11.

Key details

  • rekody was built in 'YOLO mode' on Codex by @OpenAIDevs, is open-source, and is positioned as a competitor to WisprFlow according to @DataChaz (former Snowflake/Streamlit colleague).
Source evidence

So awesome to see my buddy (and former @Snowflake/@Streamlit colleague) Tony still shipping incredibly cool apps 💥

he just dropped a WisprFlow competitor and it’s honestly pretty badass 👀

Tony Kipkemboi (@tonykipkemboi)

a few months back i said i was building my own @WisprFlow in YOLO mode on Codex by @OpenAIDevs and would report back if it worked.

reporting back: it works and i named it rekody.

rekody = hold option+space, talk, paste anywhere on mac. uses local whisper model, and searchable history. mac/cli-only for now.

demo below. it's open source.

Video

— https://nitter.net/tonykipkemboi/status/2064396586046935253#m