Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
C and C++ port of Whisper that runs on CPU and Apple silicon without Python or PyTorch.
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Whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
whisper.cpp, faster-whisper, WhisperX and more. 4 alternatives to Whisper, in C++, Python, Jupyter Notebook. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| whisper.cpp | Full replacement | 54k | MIT | Open source | Yes | C++ | v1.9.5 | 2026-10-12 |
| faster-whisper | Full replacement | 26k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v1.2.1 | 2026-10-16 |
| WhisperX | Full replacement | 25k | BSD-2-Clause | Open source | Yes | Python | v3.8.6 | 2026-10-18 |
| Vosk | Partial | 15k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Jupyter Notebook | v0.3.50 | 2026-10-15 |
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Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2
Reimplementation of Whisper on CTranslate2 that loads the same models and runs several times faster with less memory.
WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)
Adds word-level timestamps, voice activity detection and speaker diarization on top of faster-whisper.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
- Stars
- 25k
- Latest
- v3.8.6
- Last push
- 2026-10-18
Offline speech recognition API for Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi and servers with Python, Java, C# and Node
Small offline models with streaming recognition and an API for many languages, less accurate than Whisper.
- Language
- Jupyter Notebook
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 15k
- Latest
- v0.3.50
- Last push
- 2026-10-15
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About Whisper
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 111k
- Last push
- 2026-08-31