Whisper.cpp
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- A · App
- No
- B · Built By
- ggerganov (community)
- C · CEO & Politics
- [UNKNOWN]
- D · Date
- 2023
- E · Expertise
- Intermediate+
- F · Free Tier
- Yes
- G · Generates
- Text only
- H · Deployment
- On-Device
- I · Inputs
- Text
- J · Jurisdiction
- USA
- K · Key Staffers
- Georgi Gerganov (creator)
- L · Languages
- English-primary
- M · Model Type
- Inference Engine
- N · Safety Issues
- None reported
- O · Open Source
- Yes — open weights
- P · Pricing
- Free (open source, MIT)
- Q · AIDb Rating
- [UNKNOWN]
- R · What Makes It Special
- whisper.cpp, a dependency-free C/C++ implementation for fast local inference of OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition model, with integer quantization, zero memory allocations at runtime, voice activity detection, a C-style API and support for Apple silicon (Metal and Core ML), x86, NVIDIA, AMD and other accelerators; it runs on macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, WebAssembly and Raspberry Pi.
- S · Stock / Status
- N/A (open-source project)
- T · Training Cutoff
- [UNKNOWN]
- U · Users
- [UNKNOWN]
- V · Voice Chat
- No
- W · Weights
- Downloadable
- X · X Handle
- @ggerganov
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- [UNKNOWN]
- Z · Bottom Line
- Open-weights Inference Engine from ggerganov (community), released 2023.
Data completeness 81% · Last verified 2026-05-12 · Primary source ↗
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“Whisper.cpp.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-05-12. https://theaidatabase.com/m/whispercpp.html