whisper.cpp

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by ggml-org (Georgi Gerganov)

• Open source
• Local-first
• Privacy-first
• Self-hostable

Pricing:

Open source

License:

MIT

Port of OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model in plain C/C++. Fast offline transcription on CPU and Apple Silicon with no Python dependency; widely embedded in local dictation and transcription apps.