Speech, vision & media
RealtimeSTT
Combines microphone and stream handling, activation logic and transcription behind a Python interface.
Overview
Research summary
RealtimeSTT wraps speech recognition into an application-oriented audio recording and transcription workflow. It supports voice activity detection, optional wake-word activation, interim text updates and direct access to audio streams. The default general-purpose engine uses faster-whisper, with optional engines and install extras for other deployment profiles.
Server components expose HTTP and WebSocket integration for applications that separate recording clients from inference. Developers can use it for dictation, assistants or prototypes that need continuous audio handling. The library code is MIT licensed; optional recognizers, wake-word systems and model assets keep their own licenses and dependencies.
Repository summary
- Stars
- 10,158
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-17
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Version
- Unavailable
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Pricing & services
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Licence scope
Implementation
Recorded implementation details and interfaces for RealtimeSTT.
Implementation details
Python library with optional HTTP/WebSocket server components
- Languages
- Python
- Repository type
- source
Recorded interfaces and capabilities
Licence scope
Repository
Repository snapshots, release information and recorded maintenance signals.
Repository snapshot
- Stars
- 10,158
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-17
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Archived
- Not recorded
Repository activity is a snapshot, not a quality or popularity ranking. It combines recent-push freshness (50%), 90-day commits (30%) and issue pressure (20%).
Maintenance and provenance
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
- Stars source
- Recorded fallback
- Last push source
- Recorded fallback
Documentation
Recorded references and research provenance for this entry.
Recorded sources 3
- https://github.com/KoljaB/RealtimeSTT Project page · Linked repository · Research reference
- https://github.com/KoljaB/RealtimeSTT/blob/master/README.md Research reference
- https://github.com/KoljaB/RealtimeSTT/blob/master/LICENSE Research reference
Research metadata
- Research date
- 2026-10-02
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06