Lobstener
Listens to everything, never leaves the tank.
A transcription server that runs as a service on your Apple Silicon Mac, powered by Whisper large-v3-turbo optimized with MLX. Point any tool that already speaks the OpenAI API at it — the audio never leaves your machine.
Paying for transcription by the minute
$0 — forever
Your audio travels to someone else's cloud
Transcribed ON your Mac
Rewriting your tools
OpenAI-API-compatible endpoint
// how it runs
- Installs as a system service — starts with your Mac.
- Serves on localhost with the same format as OpenAI's transcription API — no changes to your integrations.
- Takes wav, mp3, m4a, ogg and webm; detects the language on its own.
The full walkthrough lives in the community
Step-by-step setup, use cases and support — inside Skool.
MIT · by OpenClawMasters · sharpen your claws