RVC
Voice cloning · Open-source voice conversion
Access: Open-source software
Setup: self-host
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Bark
Open-source generative audio model for multilingual speech, music, and sound effects. Run it locally with the model weights and compute required by the project.
Setup: local Python environment
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GPT SoVITS
1-minute sample → high-fidelity voice clone.
Access: Free or open-source project
Setup: self-host
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TTS
Open-source toolkit for text-to-speech research and production voices, with pretrained models and local inference. Voice quality, model licenses, and hardware requirements vary by checkpoint.
Setup: local Python environment
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Fish Speech
SOTA open-source TTS with accurate voice cloning from 10–30s samples.
Access: Free or open-source project
Setup: self-host
Piper1 Gpl
Fast local neural text-to-speech engine; a self-hosted TTS component rather than a hosted voice studio.
Setup: self-host
F5 TTS
Self-hostable text-to-speech and voice-cloning model; local GPU helps, and check model-specific usage terms before commercial use.
Setup: self-host + model
Chatterbox
Open-source text-to-speech and zero-shot voice-cloning model family from Resemble AI. Run locally with compatible hardware; the repository provides models and code, not a hosted voice studio.
Setup: terminal