Whisper.cpp
Short answer: How to self-host Whisper.cpp: requirements, licence and alternatives.
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Local speech-to-text.
| Category | Speech |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repo | ggml-org/whisper.cpp |
How do you self-host it?
See the official README for Docker or binary install. A 2 vCPU / 4 GB VPS runs most UIs; LLM runtimes need a GPU or must run small quantised models on CPU.
What are the alternatives?
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