Murmur
Privacy Policy
Murmur is a local-first dictation app. It does not collect, transmit, store on our servers, or sell any of your data. No accounts, no analytics, no telemetry — everything happens on your device.
What we collect
Nothing. We operate no servers, run no analytics or tracking, and receive no information about you or how you use Murmur.
Audio and transcripts
- Your microphone audio is captured locally, transcribed locally by the bundled speech-to-text engine (whisper.cpp or NVIDIA Parakeet), and delivered as text on your machine.
- Audio is held in memory only for the duration of processing. Murmur does not save audio recordings to disk.
- Transcribed text is typed into whichever application you have focused. It is never transmitted to us or any third party.
What is stored on your device
The following is stored only on your own computer, never in the cloud:
- Settings — your configuration file, in your operating system's standard config directory.
- Transcription history — by default, delivered phrases are saved to a local, searchable history. You can turn this off (“Save History”) in Settings and clear it at any time.
- Diagnostic logs — local log files for troubleshooting. Transcript text is not written to logs at the default log level.
- Models — downloaded speech-to-text model files.
You can remove any of this by clearing history in the app, deleting Murmur's config directory, or uninstalling.
Network activity
Murmur connects to the internet only for the following purposes:
- Model and runtime downloads — on first use, or when you select a new model, Murmur downloads the required files from their hosting providers (such as Hugging Face and GitHub) and verifies their integrity with a SHA-256 checksum.
- Update checks — Murmur checks GitHub Releases for new versions and can download and install updates.
These requests are made directly to those third-party services. We do not operate any intermediary servers and do not receive any data about you.
Third-party services
When Murmur downloads models or updates, those requests are served by the relevant provider (for example, GitHub for application updates and Hugging Face for models), each subject to its own privacy policy. We do not share your data with them beyond the standard request required to fetch a file.
Children's privacy
Murmur is a developer tool, is not directed at children, and collects no personal information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date above will be updated, and material changes will be noted in the project's release notes.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Contact eric@ericsekyere.ca.
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