Alternatives to Whishper

A self-hosted web app for transcribing, translating and editing subtitles locally with Whisper models. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Whishper.

  • Whisper-WebUI

    A browser interface for generating subtitles and transcripts locally with Whisper speech recognition models.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Whisper-WebUI is Apache-2.0 licensed and self-hostable, offering three Whisper implementations, speaker diarization and subtitle translation with NLLB or DeepL.

  • Scriberr

    A self-hosted, offline audio transcription app that runs AI speech recognition on your own hardware.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Scriberr is an MIT-licensed self-hosted transcription app with Docker and CUDA builds and a documented API, but no dedicated subtitle editor is mentioned.

  • Vibe

    Transcribe audio and video files on your own computer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Vibe is an MIT-licensed desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that transcribes files locally with batch jobs and subtitle formats, without a server.

  • Buzz

    Turn speech recordings into text with a desktop transcription app.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Buzz is an MIT-licensed desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux with microphone transcription and subtitle export, replacing the self-hosted web setup.

  • noScribe

    Transcribes recorded audio to text on your own computer, with speaker separation.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    noScribe is a GPL-3.0 desktop app that transcribes locally with speaker separation, aimed at interviews rather than subtitle editing and translation.

  • WhisperX

    A speech recognition tool that adds word-level timestamps and speaker diarization to Whisper transcription.

    FreeProprietaryCommand line

    WhisperX is a command-line tool adding word-level timestamps and speaker diarization, with no web interface and a license the research does not state.

  • Whisper

    An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Whisper is OpenAI's MIT-licensed model used from the command line or Python, dropping Whishper's web interface, subtitle editor and LibreTranslate translation.

  • HappyScribe

    An AI transcription, subtitle and meeting notes service supporting more than 150 languages.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    HappyScribe is a freemium cloud service for transcripts and subtitles in over 150 languages, trading local processing for hosted features and human proofreading.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Whishper as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • aTrain

    Transcribe recorded interviews on your own computer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Whishper is a self-hosted web app that transcribes and edits subtitles locally, though the current version gets no new releases and has no user authentication.

  • Trint

    A web platform that transcribes audio and video to editable, searchable text with AI summaries.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Whishper is a free AGPL-3.0 self-hosted app with local transcription, translation and a subtitle editor, though it lacks user authentication.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.