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whisper.cppWhisper-WebUI
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Transcribes speech fully offline
  • No Python dependency
  • Choice of three Whisper implementations
  • Exports SRT, WebVTT and plain text
  • Mainly a command-line tool with no bundled graphical interface
  • Models must be downloaded separately
  • Speaker diarization needs a Hugging Face token and accepted model terms
  • DeepL translation needs an external API key
Downloadable app Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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