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How to install Handy on Windows (cjpais/Handy) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

cjpais/Handy

A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.

Node.jsTauriVite#accessibility#cross-platform#speech-to-text#tauri-v2

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
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License: MIT
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Start here

Website ↗handy.computerThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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v0.10.0 · 11/2/2026 ↗

Handy_0.10.0_x64-setup.exe

exe · x64 · 17.2 MB · 15,350 downloads · best match

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Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/releases/download/v0.10.0/Handy_0.10.0_x64-setup.exe" -OutFile "Handy_0.10.0_x64-setup.exe"
Start-Process ".\Handy_0.10.0_x64-setup.exe"

Other Windows downloads (3)

Handy_0.10.0_arm64-setup.exe

exe · ARM64 · 10.8 MB · 688 downloads

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Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/releases/download/v0.10.0/Handy_0.10.0_arm64-setup.exe" -OutFile "Handy_0.10.0_arm64-setup.exe"
Start-Process ".\Handy_0.10.0_arm64-setup.exe"

Handy_0.10.0_x64_en-US.msi

msi · x64 · 32.7 MB · 1,806 downloads

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Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/releases/download/v0.10.0/Handy_0.10.0_x64_en-US.msi" -OutFile "Handy_0.10.0_x64_en-US.msi"
msiexec /i "Handy_0.10.0_x64_en-US.msi"

Handy_0.10.0_arm64_en-US.msi

msi · ARM64 · 15.2 MB · 322 downloads

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Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/releases/download/v0.10.0/Handy_0.10.0_arm64_en-US.msi" -OutFile "Handy_0.10.0_arm64_en-US.msi"
msiexec /i "Handy_0.10.0_arm64_en-US.msi"

Install with a package manager

winget

winget install cjpais.Handy

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js LTS (no version pinned)runtime
1×Bun runtime
1×Rust stableruntime
1×bun package manager

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Good to know

Tauri desktop app: it also needs Tauri's system prerequisites (Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS, WebView2 and the C++ build tools on Windows, webkit2gtk on Linux). See https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: src-tauri/Cargo.toml

package.json scripts (20)

devvite
buildtsc && vite build
previewvite preview
tauritauri
linteslint src
lint:fixeslint src --fix
formatprettier --write . && cd src-tauri && cargo fmt
format:checkprettier --check . && cd src-tauri && cargo fmt -- --check
format:frontendprettier --write .
format:backendcd src-tauri && cargo fmt
test:keyboardbun src/lib/utils/keyboard.test.ts
test:playwrightplaywright test
test:playwright:uiplaywright test --ui
check:translationsbun scripts/check-translations.ts
check:model-languagesbun scripts/check-model-language-coverage.ts
sync:catalogbun scripts/sync-catalog.ts
check:catalogbun scripts/sync-catalog.ts --check
build:cjk-fontbun scripts/build-cjk-font.ts
check:cjk-fontbun scripts/build-cjk-font.ts --check
postinstallbun scripts/check-nix-deps.ts

Files we read (9)

.github/workflows/build-test.yml

.github/workflows/build.yml

.github/workflows/main-build.yml

.github/workflows/nix-check.yml

.github/workflows/pr-test-build.yml

.github/workflows/test.yml

BUILD.md

README.md

package.json

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