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Whisper vs Whishper: catalog facts
Whisper	Whishper
Free Free and open source, including the model weights.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Runs locally, so audio never leaves your machine Transcription, translation to English and language identification	Built-in subtitle editor with CPS warnings Transcribes from uploads or yt-dlp URLs
Command-line and Python setup, no graphical interface Larger models are slow without a capable GPU	Current version receives no new releases while a rewrite is in progress No user authentication yet
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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