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Whisper

Whisper provides a simple way to share secret information with someone else, such as passwords, credentials, keys, or other sensitive data.

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Whisper provides a simple way to share secret information with someone else, such as passwords, credentials, keys, or other sensitive data.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

44/100 Fair

Maintained
57last commit 184 days ago
Popular
2211 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
602 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 4 days ago

GitHub stars
11
Open issues
1
Last commit
2026-04-12
Latest release
0.2.0
License
MIT
Activity
stale

Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (viyh/whisper)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 2 GB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Allow microphone access Before starting Whisper, allow microphone access on your system. If microphone permissions are blocked, audio capture will fail and you will get no transcription. source

Fetched 14 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives

No alternatives collected yet.

Common questions

How do I create the required config file for a Whisper Docker deployment?

Generate a random secret key of 32 or more characters, replace the placeholder in the default config, and save the result as config.yaml.

What port should be published for the Whisper Docker container?

The documented Docker run command publishes host port 8000 to container port 8000.

Can the server read the plaintext secrets?

No, secrets are encrypted in the browser with AES-256-GCM before transmission, so the server never sees plaintext data.

What happens to a one-time secret after it is retrieved?

One-time secrets are deleted atomically after retrieval, and concurrent requests cannot both succeed.

What protections are in place against repeated password guesses?

Whisper limits access to 10 attempts per minute per IP and locks a specific secret out after 10 failed password attempts.

Answers sourced from github.com

Community

Collected 9 days ago - public community threads