Open-source repos for transcription
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openai/whisper
OpenAI's speech recognition model for transcribing and translating audio in many languages.
Captions and subtitles, OpenAI, Engineering, Creators, Media and publishing, Podcasts
112k starsMITUpdated 31 Aug 2026
ggml-org/whisper.cpp
C/C++ port of Whisper that transcribes fast on CPUs, Apple Silicon and edge devices.
Captions and subtitles, Engineering, Creators, Media and publishing, Podcasts
54.9k starsMITUpdated 3 Nov 2026
SYSTRAN/faster-whisper
Faster Whisper reimplementation on CTranslate2 with lower memory use.
Captions and subtitles, Engineering, Creators, Media and publishing, Podcasts
26.4k starsMITUpdated 2 Nov 2026
m-bain/whisperX
Whisper with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization for accurate subtitles.
Captions and subtitles, Engineering, Creators, Media and publishing, Podcasts
25k starsBSD-2-ClauseUpdated 22 Oct 2026
chidiwilliams/buzz
Desktop app that transcribes and translates audio offline with Whisper.
Captions and subtitles, Marketing, Creators, Media and publishing, Podcasts
22.4k starsMITUpdated 2 Nov 2026
WEIFENG2333/VideoCaptioner
Desktop tool that transcribes video, uses an LLM to fix and split lines, then translates and burns in subtitles.
Captions and subtitles, Translation, YouTube, Marketing, Creators
16.5k starsGPL-3.0Updated 12 Sept 2026
abus-aikorea/voice-pro
Gradio app combining TTS, voice cloning, transcription, translation and vocal isolation.
13.4k starsGPL-3.0Updated 13 Jul 2026
nexmoe/VidBee
Downloads video and audio from 1,000+ sites and transcribes or summarizes them with AI.
11.1k starsMITUpdated 1 Nov 2026
pyannote/pyannote-audio
Speaker diarization toolkit that splits recordings by speaker for interviews and podcasts.
10.8k starsMITUpdated 2 Nov 2026
jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api
Python API that fetches YouTube transcripts and auto-captions without an API key.
8.6k starsMITUpdated 3 Nov 2026
modelscope/FunClip
Transcribes video, generates subtitles and lets an LLM pick segments to clip, all in a local Gradio UI.
Repurposing, Captions and subtitles, Marketing, Creators, Short-form video
6.5k starsMITUpdated 1 Nov 2026
pluja/whishper
Self-hosted web app to transcribe audio, translate and edit subtitles locally.
Captions and subtitles, Docker, Marketing, Creators, Self hosters
3.1k starsAGPL-3.0Updated 31 Jul 2026
jhj0517/Whisper-WebUI
Browser UI for Whisper that outputs SRT/VTT subtitles, with translation and diarization.
2.9k starsApache-2.0Updated 29 Dec 2025