macOS
brew install yaplocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install yapMacPorts ports tree · lang/yap/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew / Rang 5722
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für yap in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install yaplocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install yapMacPorts ports tree · lang/yap/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
nix profile install nixpkgs#yapnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ya/yap/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
On-device audio transcription using Speech.framework
Verlauf
yap is a small macOS command-line transcription tool built around Apple's Speech.framework. It turns local audio, video, microphone input, or live system audio into text, subtitle formats, or JSON without sending the core speech-recognition work to a hosted service.
The public repository was created on 2025-06-15, the same day the first GitHub release, 1.0.0, was published. Its README frames the project around macOS 26 and Apple's on-device Speech.framework, which places it in the wave of local-first media and AI-adjacent command-line tools that appeared as operating systems exposed better speech APIs.
By early 2026 the project had added real-time workflows beyond one-shot file transcription: the README documents `listen` for system audio, `dictate` for microphone input, and `listen-and-dictate` for mixed meeting-style transcription.
yap's adoption story is still young and mostly package-manager/toolbox adoption rather than platform adoption. Its upstream README lists Homebrew and Mint installation, and the GitHub repository had more than a thousand stars by July 2026, enough signal for a niche macOS CLI but not enough history for a long institutional narrative.
Users run `yap transcribe` or the shorter `yap <file>` style workflows to convert audio or video to text, SRT, WebVTT, or JSON. The README also shows package-nerd-friendly pipelines: downloading audio with yt-dlp, piping transcripts into an LLM, or producing caption files for video.
The live modes make it useful as a terminal-native dictation and meeting transcription tool, with macOS Screen Recording and Microphone permissions as the practical trust boundary.
yap is significant as a thin, scriptable wrapper over a native macOS speech-recognition stack. For package nerds, the interesting part is not a new speech model but the packaging of platform speech APIs into composable Unix-style commands and text/subtitle outputs.
Sicherheitslage
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
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Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
yap | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:yap |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.1 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/finnvoor/yap |
| Repository | https://github.com/finnvoor/yap |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-20T11:07:32Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
yap
nix profile install nixpkgs#yapyap
sudo port install yapQuellspur
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