Speech, vision & media
whisper.cpp
A portable native Whisper runtime with quantization, device examples and multiple acceleration backends.
Overview
Research summary
whisper.cpp implements Whisper inference in C and C++ using the ggml ecosystem. It supports CPU execution, hardware acceleration on multiple platforms, quantized models, and a C-style interface for embedding transcription into other applications. The repository includes command-line tools, a server example, voice activity detection, platform examples and bindings for other languages.
Its deployment emphasis makes it useful for offline transcription on devices where a Python and PyTorch installation is inconvenient. Model conversion and backend configuration remain part of deployment, and practical performance depends on the chosen model and hardware.
Repository summary
- Stars
- 54,088
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-28
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Version
- Unavailable
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Implementation details
C/C++ inference engine with command-line tools, bindings and server examples
- Languages
- C, C++
- Repository type
- source
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Repository
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Repository snapshot
- Stars
- 54,088
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-28
- 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
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- https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp Project page · Linked repository · Research reference
- https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/blob/master/README.md Research reference
- https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/blob/master/LICENSE Research reference
Research metadata
- Research date
- 2026-10-02
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
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