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Speaches vs Kokoro-FastAPI: catalog facts
Speaches	Kokoro-FastAPI
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Drop-in replacement for OpenAI's speech and transcription endpoints Streaming transcription over SSE	OpenAI-compatible speech endpoint Prebuilt multi-architecture Docker images with models included
A server with an API, not an end-user app Setup is based on Docker	AMD GPU support is experimental Apple Silicon has no prebuilt image
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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