Open-source Audio projects

40 MIT-licensed audio projects, most-starred first — free to use, modify and ship commercially. Each page covers what it is, who it suits, how to install and run it, and how it compares.

1. 1WhisperOpen-source speech-to-text model that transcribes and translates audio in many languages.★ 112k
2. 2GPT-SoVITSOpen-source tool that clones a voice from about a minute of audio and speaks typed text in it.★ 64.6k
3. 3VoiceboxOpen-source desktop app to clone voices, generate speech, and dictate text locally.★ 59.2k
4. 4VibeVoiceOpen-source voice AI models for speech-to-text and text-to-speech, from Microsoft.★ 55.1k
5. 5BarkText-to-audio model that generates speech, music, and sound effects from text prompts.★ 39.3k
6. 6RVCOpen-source tool that converts one voice into another using a short voice recording to train on.★ 39k
7. 7OpenVoiceOpen-source model that clones a speaker's voice from a short sample and speaks new text in it.★ 38.1k
8. 8HandyFree, open source desktop app that turns your speech into text on your own computer, offline.★ 37k
9. 9Pear DesktopUnofficial desktop app for YouTube Music, with a plugin system, for Windows, macOS and Linux.★ 34k
10. 10YesPlayMusicA third-party desktop and web player for NetEase Cloud Music with a clean interface.★ 33.5k
11. 11SpleeterPython library and command-line tool that splits music into vocals, drums, bass and other tracks.★ 28.5k
12. 12ChatterboxOpen-source text-to-speech models that can clone a voice from a short reference clip.★ 27.5k
13. 13Ultimate Vocal RemoverDesktop app that splits songs into vocals and instrumentals using deep neural networks.★ 26.9k
14. 14spotDLCommand-line tool that finds Spotify playlist songs on YouTube and downloads them as MP3 with metadata.★ 26.6k
15. 15howler.jsA JavaScript library that makes playing sounds in web pages simpler and more reliable.★ 25.4k
16. 16AudioCraftA PyTorch library for researching and running AI audio and music generation models.★ 23.8k
17. 17BuzzOffline audio and video transcription and translation app for your own computer, built on Whisper.★ 22.4k
18. 18FunASROpen-source speech-to-text toolkit with streaming, voice detection, punctuation and speaker pipelines.★ 20.9k
19. 19spotify-tuiA terminal Spotify client written in Rust, controlled by keyboard or command line.★ 19.4k
20. 20UnblockNeteaseMusicA local proxy that swaps greyed-out Netease Cloud Music songs for matches from other music services.★ 17.3k
21. 21KoelSelf-hosted web music streaming server for your own music library, built on Laravel and Vue.★ 17.3k
22. 22Alger Music PlayerA third-party desktop music player with desktop lyrics, music download, and remote control.★ 17.2k
23. 23YoutubeDownloaderDesktop app for downloading YouTube videos and playlists, written in C#.★ 16.6k
24. 24AutoEqGenerates EQ settings that adjust headphone sound toward a target curve, using measured data.★ 16.4k
25. 25beetsA command-line music library manager that tags and organizes your audio files using MusicBrainz.★ 15.9k
26. 26F5-TTSOpen-source text-to-speech that clones a voice from a short sample clip and speaks new text in it.★ 15.5k
27. 27Tone.jsA JavaScript framework for making interactive music and synths in the web browser.★ 14.9k
28. 28ACE-StepOpen-source AI model that generates full songs from text prompts and runs on your own computer.★ 14.3k
29. 29SupertonicOpen-source, on-device text-to-speech that runs locally via ONNX; archived and no longer maintained.★ 13.8k
30. 30Listen 1A Chrome extension that searches several Chinese music platforms and plays songs in one place.★ 12.1k
31. 31PersonaPlexOpen-source speech-to-speech model that talks in real time and can adopt a set role and voice.★ 12k
32. 32AudioKitA Swift toolkit for making, processing, and analyzing sound in Apple-platform apps.★ 11.5k
33. 33Listen 1A desktop player that searches and plays songs from several Chinese music sites in one place.★ 11.4k
34. 34PiperA fast, local neural text-to-speech system that runs offline on modest hardware.★ 11.3k
35. 35pyannotePython toolkit for figuring out who spoke when in an audio recording, using pretrained PyTorch models.★ 10.8k
36. 36Silero VADPre-trained voice activity detector that finds where speech occurs in audio, for Python, ONNX, and other runti★ 10.6k
37. 37DemucsSplits a song into separate tracks such as vocals, drums, bass and other instruments.★ 10.4k
38. 38AmphionOpen-source toolkit for research and building speech, singing, music, and audio generation models.★ 10.3k
39. 39Pocket TTSA small text-to-speech model that runs on a regular CPU, no GPU needed.★ 10.2k
40. 40XiaoMusicPlays music through Xiaomi Xiaoai speakers, with songs downloaded via yt-dlp.★ 10k