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Kokoro vs Kokoro-FastAPI: catalog facts
Kokoro	Kokoro-FastAPI
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Very small model size makes it fast and cheap to run locally Apache-licensed weights allow unrestricted deployment	OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint Prebuilt multi-architecture Docker images with models included
No repository activity reflected since mid-2025 No built-in graphical interface; used as a Python library	AMD GPU support is experimental Apple Silicon has no prebuilt image
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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