Velora

The repository is now public — MIT-licensed, secret-scanned across the full history.

First-run experience

A fresh install now shows exactly what's happening while Velora sets itself up (previously a silent multi-minute wait):

• Onboarding — the try-it step shows a live progress card: "Downloading the speech model (1.6 GB) — 42%", then unlocks dictation the moment the model is ready.
• Menubar — a live-ticking setup line + tooltip while models download.
• Hotkey — dictating too early tells you the phase and percentage instead of a vague "starting…".
• Speech recognition unlocks first (~1.6 GB); AI cleanup follows in the background (~4.3 GB). Everything downloads once from Hugging Face, then Velora is fully offline.

Verified end-to-end on a simulated fresh machine (empty caches, real downloads).

Installing: drag Velora to Applications. The app is self-signed (not yet notarized), so the first open needs right-click → Open. Models download automatically on first launch — watch the menubar or the onboarding window.