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kyutai-labs/pocket-tts Alternatives

text-to-speech (TTS) / local speech generation

Pocket TTS is a lightweight, CPU-efficient text-to-speech model with streaming, low latency, voice cloning, and multi-language support.

9.2kPythonMITactive · last push 1mo agoGitHub

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

OpenBMB/VoxCPMGitHub

choose if you need state-of-the-art multilingual TTS and have GPU resources.

VoxCPM2: Tokenizer-Free TTS for Multilingual Speech Generation, Creative Voice Design, and True-to-Life Cloning

36.0k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
index-tts/index-ttsGitHub

choose if you need industrial-level controllable zero-shot TTS and can run large GPU models.

An Industrial-Level Controllable and Efficient Zero-Shot Text-To-Speech System

23.4k
Python
NOASSERTION
active2mo ago
QwenAudio/CosyVoiceGitHub

choose if you need a full-stack multilingual TTS with training support and GPU deployment.

Multi-lingual large voice generation model, providing inference, training and deployment full-stack ability.

23.1k
Python
Apache-2.0
active5mo ago
k2-fsa/OmniVoiceGitHub

choose if you need voice cloning for 600+ languages, accepting higher resource use.

High-Quality Voice Cloning TTS for 600+ Languages

9.3k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
Zyphra/ZonosGitHub

choose if you prioritize expressive open-weight TTS and have GPU; note the repo is stale.

Zonos-v0.1 is a leading open-weight text-to-speech model trained on more than 200k hours of varied multilingual speech, delivering expressiveness and quality on par with—or even surpassing—top TTS providers.

7.2k
Python
Apache-2.0
dormant1.6y ago
RVC-Boss/GPT-SoVITSGitHub

choose if you need strong few-shot cloning and can train/run heavy GPU models.

1 min voice data can also be used to train a good TTS model! (few shot voice cloning)

61.2k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
resemble-ai/chatterboxGitHub

choose if you want so-called SoTA TTS quality with GPU availability.

SoTA open-source TTS

26.1k
Python
MIT
active3mo ago
k2-fsa/sherpa-onnxGitHub

choose if you need a cross-platform C++/embedded inference engine that includes TTS.

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speaker diarization, speech enhancement, source separation, and VAD using next-gen Kaldi with onnxruntime without Internet connection. Support embedded systems, Android, iOS, HarmonyOS, Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, RK NPU, Axera NPU, Ascend NPU, x86_64 servers, websocket server/client, support 12 programming languages

14.5k
C++
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
PaddlePaddle/PaddleSpeechGitHub

choose if you want an all-in-one speech toolkit with TTS/ASR on PaddlePaddle.

Easy-to-use Speech Toolkit including Self-Supervised Learning model, SOTA/Streaming ASR with punctuation, Streaming TTS with text frontend, Speaker Verification System, End-to-End Speech Translation and Keyword Spotting. Won NAACL2022 Best Demo Award.

12.7k
Python
Apache-2.0
active2mo ago
SparkAudio/Spark-TTSGitHub

choose if you want Spark-TTS's specific model and can run GPU inference.

Spark-TTS Inference Code

11.0k
Python
Apache-2.0
slowing1.5y ago
moonshine-ai/moonshineGitHub

choose if you need a low-latency voice-agent stack with TTS/STT on edge devices.

Very low latency speech to text, intent recognition, and text to speech, for building voice agents and interfaces

10.9k
C++
NOASSERTION
active2mo ago
Blaizzy/mlx-audioGitHub

choose if you're on Apple Silicon and want MLX-accelerated TTS.

A text-to-speech (TTS), speech-to-text (STT) and speech-to-speech (STS) library built on Apple's MLX framework, providing efficient speech analysis on Apple Silicon.

7.8k
Python
MIT
active2mo ago
rany2/edge-ttsGitHub

choose if you want cloud TTS without local model overhead and have internet connectivity.

Use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from Python WITHOUT needing Microsoft Edge or Windows or an API key

11.8k
Python
NOASSERTION
active7mo ago
netease-youdao/EmotiVoiceGitHub

choose if you need prompt-controlled emotion in TTS and have GPU.

EmotiVoice 😊: a Multi-Voice and Prompt-Controlled TTS Engine

8.5k
Python
Apache-2.0
dormant2.2y ago
WhisperSpeech/WhisperSpeechGitHub

choose if you want a TTS built by inverting Whisper, and have GPU.

An Open Source text-to-speech system built by inverting Whisper.

4.6k
Jupyter Notebook
MIT
slowing10mo ago
canopyai/Orpheus-TTSGitHub

choose if you want a human-sounding expressive TTS and can run GPU.

Towards Human-Sounding Speech

6.3k
Python
Apache-2.0
slowing10mo ago
metavoiceio/metavoice-srcGitHub

choose if you want an expressive foundational TTS and have GPU.

Foundational model for human-like, expressive TTS

4.2k
Python
Apache-2.0
dormant2.2y ago

Older generation, or narrower

An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.

coqui-ai/TTSGitHub

choose if you need a mature TTS library with many models and accept heavier compute and no recent maintenance.

🐸💬 - a deep learning toolkit for Text-to-Speech, battle-tested in research and production

45.9k
Python
MPL-2.0
dormant2.1y ago
rhasspy/piperGitHub

choose if you need a proven local CPU TTS with many prebuilt voices but lack voice cloning.

A fast, local neural text to speech system

11.3k
C++
MIT
archived1.1y ago
myshell-ai/MeloTTSGitHub

choose if you need a lightweight multi-lingual TTS and accept an unmaintained project.

High-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MyShell.ai. Support English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

7.6k
Python
MIT
dormant1.8y ago
OpenMOSS/MOSS-TTS-NanoGitHub

choose if you want a tiny, realtime multilingual TTS with Apache-2.0 but no voice cloning.

MOSS-TTS-Nano is an open-source multilingual tiny speech generation model from MOSI.AI and the OpenMOSS team. With only 0.1B parameters, it is designed for realtime speech generation, can run directly on CPU without a GPU, and keeps the deployment stack simple enough for local demos, web serving, and lightweight product integration.

4.2k
Python
Apache-2.0
active3mo ago

Listed as an alternative to

These projects were analysed and named pocket-tts among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how pocket-tts rates them is a separate judgement, made when pocket-tts is analysed in its own right.

resemble-ai/chatterboxGitHub

calls pocket-tts “Choose for extremely compact CPU TTS where model size and latency matter more than expressiveness.”

SoTA open-source TTS

26.1kPythonactive
supertone-inc/supertonicGitHub

calls pocket-tts “For an ultra-small CPU TTS in Python, if you need an even lighter model than Supertonic.”

Lightning-Fast, On-Device, Multilingual TTS — running natively via ONNX.

13.7kSwiftactive
rany2/edge-ttsGitHub

calls pocket-tts “Choose when you need TTS that fits on CPU with low latency; much smaller footprint than an online API.”

Use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from Python WITHOUT needing Microsoft Edge or Windows or an API key

11.8kPythonactive
netease-youdao/EmotiVoiceGitHub

calls pocket-tts “choose for on-CPU, latency-critical TTS; sacrifices emotion control.”

EmotiVoice 😊: a Multi-Voice and Prompt-Controlled TTS Engine

8.5kPythondormant
myshell-ai/MeloTTSGitHub

calls pocket-tts “Ultra-lightweight CPU-only TTS; choose it when running on a laptop or edge device with minimal resources.”

High-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MyShell.ai. Support English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

7.6kPythondormant
Zyphra/ZonosGitHub

calls pocket-tts “choose over Zonos when the deployment target is CPU-only or edge and real-time latency is more important than expressive, high-quality output.”

Zonos-v0.1 is a leading open-weight text-to-speech model trained on more than 200k hours of varied multilingual speech, delivering expressiveness and quality on par with—or even surpassing—top TTS providers.

7.2kPythondormant
stepfun-ai/Step-Audio-EditXGitHub

calls pocket-tts “Choose for CPU-only lightweight TTS when you need pocket deployment rather than GPU audio editing.”

A powerful 3B-parameter, LLM-based Reinforcement Learning audio edit model excels at editing emotion, speaking style, and paralinguistics, and features robust zero-shot text-to-speech

977Pythonactive
Blaizzy/mlx-audioGitHub

calls pocket-tts “Choose when you need a tiny CPU-friendly TTS and don't need Apple-specific acceleration.”

A text-to-speech (TTS), speech-to-text (STT) and speech-to-speech (STS) library built on Apple's MLX framework, providing efficient speech analysis on Apple Silicon.

7.8kPythonactive