Install
Two ways to install, four permissions to grant, one overlay to position.
Two ways to install
One-line installer
curl -fsSL https://fluister.app/install.sh | sh(If the marketing domain isn't live yet, this falls back to the raw GitHub URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andre347/fluister/main/scripts/install.sh.)
The script downloads the latest signed DMG, mounts it, copies Fluister.app to /Applications, strips the quarantine attribute, and ejects. No password prompt.
Manual DMG
Download Fluister_aarch64.dmg from the latest release, open it, drag Fluister to Applications, eject.
The first time you launch a downloaded app, macOS shows a "Fluister.app is from an unidentified developer" warning. Right-click the app, choose Open, then Open again in the dialog. macOS remembers the choice.
(Notarization is on the roadmap once the project enrolls in the Apple Developer Program.)
First launch
Fluister lives in the menu bar (top-right of your screen). On first launch it walks you through five steps:
- Welcome — name and intro.
- Microphone permission — required for dictation. macOS will prompt you; click Allow.
- Accessibility permission — required to paste the transcribed text into other apps. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility, and toggle Fluister on.
- Input Monitoring permission — required so Right-Option can be detected globally (without it the hotkey only fires in the foreground app). System Settings → Privacy & Security → Input Monitoring → toggle Fluister.
- Overlay position — the small pill that appears while you're dictating. Drag it to where you want it. Top-right works for most people.
If any permission is denied you can re-run onboarding from Settings → About → Re-run onboarding.