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Pocket TTS vs Kokoro-FastAPI: catalog facts
Pocket TTSKokoro-FastAPI
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Web, Command line macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
  • Runs on CPU without a GPU
  • Offers both Python and command line interfaces
  • OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint
  • Prebuilt multi-architecture Docker images with models included
  • Requires Python 3.10 or later and PyTorch 2.5 or later.
  • AMD GPU support is experimental
  • Apple Silicon has no prebuilt image
Downloadable app, Web application Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT 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

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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