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Whisper-WebUI vs Whisper: catalog facts
Whisper-WebUI	Whisper
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source, including the model weights.
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Choice of three Whisper implementations Exports SRT, WebVTT and plain text	Runs locally, so audio never leaves your machine Transcription, translation to English and language identification
Speaker diarization needs a Hugging Face token and accepted model terms DeepL translation needs an external API key	Command-line and Python setup, no graphical interface Larger models are slow without a capable GPU
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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