Standing on good work.
Draft is designed and built by Tirup Mehta, on open software, open type, and one very good speech model.
The project
Draft 0.2.0
MIT licensed · Windows x64
The short list that matters.
Draft uses a deliberately small set of tools. Each one is credited in the app under Settings → Credits, with the full license texts installed beside it.
Interface
GPUI
Apache-2.0
The native, GPU-rendered interface toolkit used by Draft.
Zed Industries
Inference
transcribe.cpp
MIT
The C/C++ speech-to-text engine behind Draft’s local Whisper inference. The Rust bindings are the transcribe-cpp crate.
handy-computer
Speech model
Whisper large-v3-turbo
Model terms
The model that turns speech into text. Whisper is by OpenAI; the GGUF build used by Draft is distributed by handy-computer.
OpenAI · handy-computer
Typeface
Instrument Sans
SIL OFL 1.1
The text typeface on this site, bundled locally.
Instrument
Typeface
Instrument Serif
SIL OFL 1.1
The display typeface on this site, bundled locally.
Instrument
Typeface
Inter
SIL OFL 1.1
The interface typeface inside the Draft app.
Rasmus Andersson
Typeface
JetBrains Mono
SIL OFL 1.1
The live timer and command-line typeface inside the Draft app.
JetBrains
The Rust workspace uses a focused set of crates for audio capture, clipboard insertion, the Windows tray, logging, and model downloads. The complete list and every license are in the repository.
Third-party noticesOpen by default.
Draft is MIT licensed. The bundled typefaces are under the SIL Open Font License. The speech model is distributed with Draft and is subject to its own terms.
Draft
MIT License. Copyright 2026 Tirup Mehta.
Instrument Sans and Instrument Serif
SIL Open Font License 1.1. The site bundles both faces locally.
Inter and JetBrains Mono
SIL Open Font License 1.1. Used inside the app; the license texts are installed with it.
Whisper large-v3-turbo
Distributed with Draft and subject to its own terms. See the model page and the repository notice.
Set with Instrument.
This site is set in Instrument Serif and Instrument Sans, bundled locally. No third-party analytics, no tracking scripts, no cookies.
Type
Instrument Serif · Instrument Sans
Screenshots
Actual captures of Draft 0.2.0
Site
Next.js · React · Tailwind CSS
Tracking
None