Does Amical work with GitLab.com and self-hosted?

Yes — both GitLab.com and self-hosted installations run in the browser. Amical dictates into the MR description editor, issue comment box, wiki pages, and CI/CD config editor identically because it works at the OS level. Same hotkey across every GitLab surface, regardless of where the server lives.

How does it compare to GitLab Duo Chat?

GitLab Duo Chat generates content from a short prompt — useful for boilerplate, less useful when you actually know what you want to say. Amical lets you speak the MR description in your own voice with your own architectural context, then formats it into the structure GitLab expects.

Will it handle code identifiers and CI keywords?

Yes — saying "user dot get profile" produces userGetProfile, snake-case identifiers and YAML keywords land correctly, and CI-specific terms like stages, jobs, and runners format with proper casing. The technical register GitLab content actually needs without manual cleanup afterwards.

Is it suitable for self-hosted GitLab privacy posture?

Yes — Amical local-Whisper option ensures dictation never leaves your machine, the exact privacy posture self-hosted GitLab installations are typically picked for. Cloud models are opt-in with your own API key, where audio routes directly to the provider, never through Amical servers.

AI Dictation in GitLab

Why typing in GitLab is slowing you down

MR descriptions take real time

A genuinely useful merge request description with motivation, approach, screenshots, and rollback notes costs ten minutes of typing nobody on your team thanked you for. Voice gets it written in two minutes flat, with the structure reviewers actually expect.

Issue comments pile up

Active sprints generate a long tail of issue comments — design questions, status updates, scope clarifications. Typing through them is the kind of overhead that quietly destroys the deep-engineering hours your team is paying for.

CI config explanations missing

Complex .gitlab-ci.yml pipelines need real explanation in the README or wiki, but typing through that prose every time you change a stage feels heavy. The result is undocumented CI nobody on the team understands six months later.

What Amical does in GitLab

Engineering-aware tone

Amical knows GitLab is for serious engineering writing — function names, file paths, identifiers, technical jargon get formatted correctly. MR descriptions and issue comments come out clean, with the engineering register reviewers expect rather than rambling-transcript feel.

MR descriptions in two minutes

A genuinely useful MR description with motivation, approach, edge cases, and rollback notes goes from idea to typed in a fraction of typing time. Amical structures the prose into the sections GitLab review templates expect without manual formatting.

Privacy for self-hosted GitLab

Many GitLab installations are self-hosted precisely because the code matters too much for cloud SaaS. Amical local-Whisper option respects that posture — every word of your dictation stays on your machine, with cloud models opt-in via your own API key only when you choose.

What you'd dictate in GitLab

“Merge request description with motivation, approach, and reviewer call-outs”

“Issue comment clarifying scope or providing investigation findings for an open bug”

“Sprint planning note with three crisp goals and the risks that could block them”

Frequently asked questions

Also works great with

Built for people who use GitLab

Developers

Data Scientists

Coming from another dictation tool?

vs Dragon NaturallySpeaking

vs Whisper CLI

Loved by builders

From San Francisco to Tokyo — what real users are saying about Amical.

らーめぇーんマン

@ramen_maaaaaaan

ごめん、勝間さん。 ScribesよりAmicalだわ

Fillip via AppSumo

This is really an amazing app, and I'm super impressed with how smooth it works, and their amazing support. It's just fast and accurate, and it formats the text depending on what application I'm using. This is really my go-to blathering app, and it makes my day so sweet and easy. Read on AppSumo →

たけちゃんまん@AI×ボルダリング...

@takechan_lawyer

【音声入力】現状Windowsでも使えるおすすめはこの3つ。・Amical ・Aqua Voice ・Typeless 個人的には慣れもあるけどAqua Voiceが好き。Typelessは整形キツめなのが難点だけどUIUXが良い。Amicalはローカル完結で無料なのがデカい。音声入力は移り変わりが激しいので年払いはしない方がいいです。

カレーちゃん

@currypurin

[Free] Amical for voice input is way too convenient. Reviewing the good and bad of Amical — and walking through installation too.

Translated

ものづくり医療センター

@moicen_

有益なアプリをありがとうございます☺️

r/LocalLLMu/todokanai_koi

There's also github.com/amicalhq/amical Switched to it a couple of weeks back, sleek UI and decent feature set. Works offline and on both windows and mac.

Chinstrap Community

@ChinstrapC

Amical - Open-source AI dictation app (@amical_app) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/Vk7tPkn Key People: Haritabh Singh, Naomi Chopra (@NaomiChopra) #SpeechRecognition #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

らーめぇーんマン

@ramen_maaaaaaan

ごめん、勝間さん。 ScribesよりAmicalだわ

Fillip via AppSumo

This is really an amazing app, and I'm super impressed with how smooth it works, and their amazing support. It's just fast and accurate, and it formats the text depending on what application I'm using. This is really my go-to blathering app, and it makes my day so sweet and easy. Read on AppSumo →

たけちゃんまん@AI×ボルダリング...

@takechan_lawyer

【音声入力】現状Windowsでも使えるおすすめはこの3つ。・Amical ・Aqua Voice ・Typeless 個人的には慣れもあるけどAqua Voiceが好き。Typelessは整形キツめなのが難点だけどUIUXが良い。Amicalはローカル完結で無料なのがデカい。音声入力は移り変わりが激しいので年払いはしない方がいいです。

カレーちゃん

@currypurin

[Free] Amical for voice input is way too convenient. Reviewing the good and bad of Amical — and walking through installation too.

Translated

ものづくり医療センター

@moicen_

有益なアプリをありがとうございます☺️

r/LocalLLMu/todokanai_koi

There's also github.com/amicalhq/amical Switched to it a couple of weeks back, sleek UI and decent feature set. Works offline and on both windows and mac.

Chinstrap Community

@ChinstrapC

Amical - Open-source AI dictation app (@amical_app) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/Vk7tPkn Key People: Haritabh Singh, Naomi Chopra (@NaomiChopra) #SpeechRecognition #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

らーめぇーんマン

@ramen_maaaaaaan

ごめん、勝間さん。 ScribesよりAmicalだわ

Fillip via AppSumo

This is really an amazing app, and I'm super impressed with how smooth it works, and their amazing support. It's just fast and accurate, and it formats the text depending on what application I'm using. This is really my go-to blathering app, and it makes my day so sweet and easy. Read on AppSumo →

たけちゃんまん@AI×ボルダリング...

@takechan_lawyer

【音声入力】現状Windowsでも使えるおすすめはこの3つ。・Amical ・Aqua Voice ・Typeless 個人的には慣れもあるけどAqua Voiceが好き。Typelessは整形キツめなのが難点だけどUIUXが良い。Amicalはローカル完結で無料なのがデカい。音声入力は移り変わりが激しいので年払いはしない方がいいです。

カレーちゃん

@currypurin

[Free] Amical for voice input is way too convenient. Reviewing the good and bad of Amical — and walking through installation too.

Translated

ものづくり医療センター

@moicen_

有益なアプリをありがとうございます☺️

r/LocalLLMu/todokanai_koi

There's also github.com/amicalhq/amical Switched to it a couple of weeks back, sleek UI and decent feature set. Works offline and on both windows and mac.

Chinstrap Community

@ChinstrapC

Amical - Open-source AI dictation app (@amical_app) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/Vk7tPkn Key People: Haritabh Singh, Naomi Chopra (@NaomiChopra) #SpeechRecognition #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

らーめぇーんマン

@ramen_maaaaaaan

ごめん、勝間さん。 ScribesよりAmicalだわ

Fillip via AppSumo

This is really an amazing app, and I'm super impressed with how smooth it works, and their amazing support. It's just fast and accurate, and it formats the text depending on what application I'm using. This is really my go-to blathering app, and it makes my day so sweet and easy. Read on AppSumo →

たけちゃんまん@AI×ボルダリング...

@takechan_lawyer

【音声入力】現状Windowsでも使えるおすすめはこの3つ。・Amical ・Aqua Voice ・Typeless 個人的には慣れもあるけどAqua Voiceが好き。Typelessは整形キツめなのが難点だけどUIUXが良い。Amicalはローカル完結で無料なのがデカい。音声入力は移り変わりが激しいので年払いはしない方がいいです。

カレーちゃん

@currypurin

[Free] Amical for voice input is way too convenient. Reviewing the good and bad of Amical — and walking through installation too.

Translated

ものづくり医療センター

@moicen_

有益なアプリをありがとうございます☺️

r/LocalLLMu/todokanai_koi

There's also github.com/amicalhq/amical Switched to it a couple of weeks back, sleek UI and decent feature set. Works offline and on both windows and mac.

Chinstrap Community

@ChinstrapC

Amical - Open-source AI dictation app (@amical_app) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/Vk7tPkn Key People: Haritabh Singh, Naomi Chopra (@NaomiChopra) #SpeechRecognition #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

ハヤシモン｜AI × 個人開発

@hayashimon1

Not sure why nobody's talking about it, but there's a free AI voice input app that's incredibly usable. It's called Amical — I use it daily.

Translated

Ekambir Singh

@ekambirs13

tried amical (free & open source) alternative to whispr flow, aquavoice because they both charged me over $10 and the fact that it lets me run everything locally so nothing leaves my machine is crazyyy🤯

r/macappsu/IAM-rooted

nice comparison. been using amical lately and surprised it's not mentioned more. it's open source, runs locally or with cloud models, and actually formats stuff based on what app you're in. feels way more usable than just whisper or vosk on their own.

Ivica Delic via AppSumo

I was using VoiceDash, currently I'm using Blip AI, and now I'm testing Amical. So far, Amical is really, really good in recognizing my language and fantastic in recognizing the English language. I'm really impressed in this short period of time of using it. Read on AppSumo →

ますだ＠magicss記事制作チーム

@msdsmlabs

Amical for voice input is great — runs locally so it's super fast. I was on Aqua Voice but the 0.5s lag between speaking and seeing text was stressful every time. Local model accuracy is slightly lower but well within acceptable.

Translated

OpenAlternative

@ossalternative

🎊 Big news! Amical @amical_app reached 1,000 stars on GitHub! High five! 🙌 Type 10x faster with AI-powered voice dictation openalternative.co/amical

ハヤシモン｜AI × 個人開発

@hayashimon1

Not sure why nobody's talking about it, but there's a free AI voice input app that's incredibly usable. It's called Amical — I use it daily.

Translated

Ekambir Singh

@ekambirs13

tried amical (free & open source) alternative to whispr flow, aquavoice because they both charged me over $10 and the fact that it lets me run everything locally so nothing leaves my machine is crazyyy🤯

r/macappsu/IAM-rooted

nice comparison. been using amical lately and surprised it's not mentioned more. it's open source, runs locally or with cloud models, and actually formats stuff based on what app you're in. feels way more usable than just whisper or vosk on their own.

Ivica Delic via AppSumo

I was using VoiceDash, currently I'm using Blip AI, and now I'm testing Amical. So far, Amical is really, really good in recognizing my language and fantastic in recognizing the English language. I'm really impressed in this short period of time of using it. Read on AppSumo →

ますだ＠magicss記事制作チーム

@msdsmlabs

Amical for voice input is great — runs locally so it's super fast. I was on Aqua Voice but the 0.5s lag between speaking and seeing text was stressful every time. Local model accuracy is slightly lower but well within acceptable.

Translated

OpenAlternative

@ossalternative

🎊 Big news! Amical @amical_app reached 1,000 stars on GitHub! High five! 🙌 Type 10x faster with AI-powered voice dictation openalternative.co/amical

ハヤシモン｜AI × 個人開発

@hayashimon1

Not sure why nobody's talking about it, but there's a free AI voice input app that's incredibly usable. It's called Amical — I use it daily.

Translated

Ekambir Singh

@ekambirs13

tried amical (free & open source) alternative to whispr flow, aquavoice because they both charged me over $10 and the fact that it lets me run everything locally so nothing leaves my machine is crazyyy🤯

r/macappsu/IAM-rooted

nice comparison. been using amical lately and surprised it's not mentioned more. it's open source, runs locally or with cloud models, and actually formats stuff based on what app you're in. feels way more usable than just whisper or vosk on their own.

Ivica Delic via AppSumo

I was using VoiceDash, currently I'm using Blip AI, and now I'm testing Amical. So far, Amical is really, really good in recognizing my language and fantastic in recognizing the English language. I'm really impressed in this short period of time of using it. Read on AppSumo →

ますだ＠magicss記事制作チーム

@msdsmlabs

Amical for voice input is great — runs locally so it's super fast. I was on Aqua Voice but the 0.5s lag between speaking and seeing text was stressful every time. Local model accuracy is slightly lower but well within acceptable.

Translated

OpenAlternative

@ossalternative

🎊 Big news! Amical @amical_app reached 1,000 stars on GitHub! High five! 🙌 Type 10x faster with AI-powered voice dictation openalternative.co/amical

ハヤシモン｜AI × 個人開発

@hayashimon1

Not sure why nobody's talking about it, but there's a free AI voice input app that's incredibly usable. It's called Amical — I use it daily.

Translated

Ekambir Singh

@ekambirs13

tried amical (free & open source) alternative to whispr flow, aquavoice because they both charged me over $10 and the fact that it lets me run everything locally so nothing leaves my machine is crazyyy🤯

r/macappsu/IAM-rooted

nice comparison. been using amical lately and surprised it's not mentioned more. it's open source, runs locally or with cloud models, and actually formats stuff based on what app you're in. feels way more usable than just whisper or vosk on their own.

Ivica Delic via AppSumo

I was using VoiceDash, currently I'm using Blip AI, and now I'm testing Amical. So far, Amical is really, really good in recognizing my language and fantastic in recognizing the English language. I'm really impressed in this short period of time of using it. Read on AppSumo →

ますだ＠magicss記事制作チーム

@msdsmlabs

Amical for voice input is great — runs locally so it's super fast. I was on Aqua Voice but the 0.5s lag between speaking and seeing text was stressful every time. Local model accuracy is slightly lower but well within acceptable.

Translated

OpenAlternative

@ossalternative

🎊 Big news! Amical @amical_app reached 1,000 stars on GitHub! High five! 🙌 Type 10x faster with AI-powered voice dictation openalternative.co/amical

AI Dictation in GitLab

Why typing in GitLab is slowing you down

MR descriptions take real time

Issue comments pile up

CI config explanations missing

What Amical does in GitLab

Engineering-aware tone

MR descriptions in two minutes

Privacy for self-hosted GitLab

What you'd dictate in GitLab

Experience the future of dictation

Local and Cloud Models

Custom Vocabulary

Custom Shortcuts

Multi Language Support

Frequently asked questions

Also works great with

Built for people who use GitLab

Coming from another dictation tool?

Loved by builders

Type 4x Faster with AI