voiceterm 1.2.3

Voice-first terminal overlay for Codex and Claude with local Whisper STT, PTY passthrough, and a customizable HUD

VoiceTerm

Voice-first terminal overlay for Codex and Claude. Local Whisper speech-to-text runs on your machine by default, with PTY passthrough and a customizable HUD.

Primary support: Codex and Claude Code.

Install

pipx install voiceterm
# or
python3 -m pip install --user voiceterm

Then run:

voiceterm

Authenticate your backend once if needed:

voiceterm --login --codex
voiceterm --login --claude

What This Package Does

The PyPI package installs the voiceterm launcher.

On first run, it bootstraps the native VoiceTerm binary into:

• ~/.local/share/voiceterm/native/bin/voiceterm (default)

By default it downloads a prebuilt release binary from the matching GitHub release tag (v<package-version>), verifies the SHA256 checksum, and installs it locally.

Default mode: VOICETERM_BOOTSTRAP_MODE=binary-only

Runtime Requirements

• Internet access to GitHub Releases (or a configured mirror)
• macOS or Linux (Windows via WSL2)

Source-build fallback requirements (only when enabled):

• git
• Rust toolchain (cargo, rustc)

Optional Environment Overrides

• VOICETERM_NATIVE_BIN=/absolute/path/to/voiceterm
  • Use an already-installed native binary and skip bootstrap.
• VOICETERM_PY_NATIVE_ROOT=/custom/root
  • Change where the bootstrap binary is installed.
• VOICETERM_BOOTSTRAP_MODE=binary-only|binary-then-source|source-only
  • Choose bootstrap strategy.
• VOICETERM_RELEASE_OWNER_REPO=jguida941/voiceterm
  • Override GitHub owner/repo used for release binary downloads.
• VOICETERM_RELEASE_BASE_URL=https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm/releases/download
  • Override release download base URL (for mirror/proxy setups).
• VOICETERM_REPO_URL=https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm
  • Use a different source repository URL (source-bootstrap modes only).
• VOICETERM_REPO_REF=v1.0.69
  • Override release tag for binary mode or git ref for source-bootstrap modes.

Documentation

• Main repository: https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm
• Install guide: https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm/blob/master/guides/INSTALL.md
• Usage guide: https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm/blob/master/guides/USAGE.md
• CLI flags: https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm/blob/master/guides/CLI_FLAGS.md
• Troubleshooting: https://github.com/jguida941/voiceterm/blob/master/guides/TROUBLESHOOTING.md