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whisper.cpp

by ggml

Turn recordings into text, right on your machine

Speech recognition with OpenAI's Whisper model — local, fast, no upload.

Open SourceTrust 100For prosRuns offlinemacOS · Windows · Linux
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How it runs for you

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What you get

What you get

  1. 01Transcribe speech locally, no upload
  2. 02Create subtitles as SRT or VTT files
  3. 03Many languages, runs even on a plain CPU

For you if …

  • Developers adding speech recognition to apps
  • Anyone transcribing interviews or podcasts locally

Pick something else if …

  • Don't want to use a terminal? Pick a transcription app

How to start

In three steps.

What you need
  • Mac, Windows or Linux
  • Terminal skills
  • Audio as a WAV file
  1. 1Clone the repo and build it with CMake as the README describes
  2. 2Get a model: sh ./models/download-ggml-model.sh base
  3. 3Transcribe: ./build/bin/whisper-cli -m models/ggml-base.bin -f a.wav

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whisper.cpp works together with other software.

Private, local AI

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4 stepsone hourEasy

Meetings & podcasts into text

Every conversation becomes a transcript, summary and to-do list.

5 steps10 minutesEasy

Safety check

7 of 7 checks passed

No known malicious patterns in the install instructionsactively maintainedLicence: MIT

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Facts

AreaBuild it yourself
PriceOpen Source
LicenceMIT
Runs onmacOS, Windows, Linux
Popular with developers★ 54.9K GitHub
Last updated04 Nov 2026
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