Kokoro
Small, fast open-weight text-to-speech model you can run locally.
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About Kokoro
Kokoro is an 82-million-parameter open-weight TTS model that delivers quality comparable to much larger models while running significantly faster and cheaper. It is distributed as an installable Python inference library with Apache-licensed weights, letting it run anywhere from production servers to personal projects.
Strengths
- Very small model size makes it fast and cheap to run locally
- Apache-licensed weights allow unrestricted deployment
Limitations
- No repository activity reflected since mid-2025
- No built-in graphical interface; used as a Python library
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Developer
- hexgrad
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Small, fast open-weight text-to-speech model you can run locally
- Categories
- Local AI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (AI); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.