5 alternatives to whisper.cpp

ggml-org/whisper.cpp — Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++ (54,600 stars, MIT, ai, ui, dev-tools).

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The alternatives in detail

• purple-horizons/openclaw-voice
  🦞 Open-source browser-based voice chat for AI assistants. Self-hosted, private, free. Whisper STT + ElevenLabs TTS. Works with OpenAI, Claude, or custom agents.
  score 6.5/10 · MIT permissive · 126 stars · 11 components · search them
• quentinfuxa/whisperlivekit
  Real-time, local speech-to-text with streaming ASR, speaker diarization, translation, and OpenAI/Deepgram-compatible APIs.
  score 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 11,179 stars · 104 components · search them
• openai/openai-node
  Official JavaScript / TypeScript library for the OpenAI API
  score 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 11,241 stars · 394 components · search them
• vllm-project/vllm
  A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs
  score 6.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 94,666 stars · 3,001 components · search them · alternatives
• miuzhaii/grok2api-pro
  Grok2API（OpenAI 兼容接口）：将 Grok Web 调用适配为 OpenAI 风格 API，支持流式对话、图片/视频生成与缓存、代理池与 SSO 绑定、号池并发与自动负载均衡。
  score 5.0/10 · MIT permissive · 27 stars · 23 components · search them

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