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debpalash/VoiceStudio

VoiceStudio

VoiceStudio is the open-source, fully-local ElevenLabs alternative — voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription & audiobook creation in 646 languages.

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THE USEFUL PART

What VoiceStudio does.

VoiceStudio is the open-source, fully-local ElevenLabs alternative — voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription & audiobook creation in 646 languages.

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Language
Python
Source license
AGPL-3.0
Project website
Open website
Repository updated
2026-11-09
Content checked
2026-11-09

THE STACKRADAR WALKTHROUGH

Three useful things to know.

A short introduction from our reel. See the project README for the current details.

01

Clone Any Voice From Small Samples

Upload a short recording, describe the style, and generate new speech in the same tone.

02

Dub Videos Sync Speech Perfectly

Load a video, add your script, and the app aligns speech to match lip movements.

03

Dictate & Transcribe All in One

Use the floating widget to capture spoken notes, get instant text, or turn text into audio.

GITHUB SNAPSHOT

The project in numbers.

Recorded counts, not a growth rate or a quality score.

OBSERVED STAR HISTORY

Follow the signal over time.

Tracking starts here.

Daily source snapshots are collected automatically. A trend appears after at least two real observations—no invented historical growth.

Repository screenshot / VoiceStudioOpen source page
VoiceStudio repository screenshot

FROM THE PROJECT

README & features

Source excerpts from the project's README. Not an independent review, verification or security audit.

VoiceStudio

🎉 100,000 GitHub stars — thank you! AI voice studio. On your device. Clone, design, dub, dictate, transcribe and narrate in 646 languages. Runs on your laptop, desktop, servers, phone, tablets and more Website · Download · Get started · Docs · VoiceStudio Pro · VoiceStudio Cloud

🇬🇧 English · 🇨🇳 简体中文 · 🇯🇵 日本語 · 🇰🇷 한국어 · 🇷🇺 Русский · 🇸🇦 العربية · 🇩🇪 Deutsch · 🇪🇸 Español · 🇫🇷 Français · 🇮🇳 हिन्दी 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia · 🇮🇹 Italiano · 🇳🇱 Nederlands · 🇵🇱 Polski · 🇵🇹 Português · 🇹🇭 ไทย · 🇹🇷 Türkçe · 🇹🇼 繁體中文 · 🇺🇦 Українська · 🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt

Strategic sponsors

· Special sponsor

Demo workspace · Default dark theme · Watch the HD tour

What you can do

Voice cloning Turn a clean reference recording into speech in a familiar voice.

Video dubbing Translate and dub videos with speech timed to the original.

Voice design Describe a voice in words and generate it.

Local models Choose your engines and download only the models you need.

More screenshots

Workspace overview

Model packs

Dictate & transcribe — A floating dictation widget and local transcription

Narrate & batch — Stories, audiobooks and queued jobs

Connect & automate — Local API, MCP, reusable recipes and watch folders

Start with VoiceStudio (default, powered by k2-fsa/OmniVoice), or pick from dozens of other engines in the Model Manager. See the features & engine catalog.

Pro and Cloud

Everything above is free, runs on your own hardware and needs no account. Pro and Cloud are optional.

VoiceStudio Pro

For paid client work across more than one machine. A Commercial License for your client work, emailed to you One user on up to 3 devices at once Send jobs to your other GPUs while your projects stay local New features and fixes first Closed-source build, account required, 7-day full refund. The AGPL-3.0 app stays free, including commercial use under its terms. See Pro plans →

VoiceStudio Cloud

A hosted voice and dubbing API, coming soon. No GPU needed. Speech, voice design and voice cloning with consent Dubbing, transcription and audiobooks Usage and credits by day or project Long jobs that run on their own Not available yet: join early access for free usage credits. The desktop app stays free and local. Join Cloud early access →

Platforms

Choose your system, then expand an installation method.

Native GGUF engines additionally support engine-specific Vulkan acceleration on AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs (OmniVoice, CosyVoice). OmniVoice GGUF selects its GPU and model size automatically on Windows and Linux. Vulkan discovery retries a stalled hidden probe with a native summary; Windows and Linux desktop builds fail rather than silently ship without their Vulkan module.

macOS · Homebrew · DMG · installer

Stable · Apple Silicon macOS 13.3+ · Apple Silicon: local engines with Metal (MPS).

brew tap debpalash/tap
brew trust --cask debpalash/tap/voicestudio
brew install --cask debpalash/tap/voicestudio

DMG

Download the DMG for your Mac, open it and drag VoiceStudio into Applications.

Download · Guide

One-command installer

curl -fsSL https://voicestudio.sh/install | sh

Intel Mac · remote backend · Limited

The app UI runs on Intel; connect it to a VoiceStudio backend on another computer.

Guide

On macOS, "VoiceStudio is damaged and can't be opened" means Gatekeeper blocked the app, not that the download is broken. See the Gatekeeper fix.

Windows · PowerShell · EXE

Stable · x64 Windows 10/11 x64 · NVIDIA CUDA · AMD ROCm (opt-in) · CPU.

irm https://voicestudio.sh/install.ps1 | iex

Download the Windows installer · Guide · AMD ROCm

Windows on ARM · experimental

Native app UI; the x64 Python backend runs under emulation on the CPU.

Download · Guide

Linux · AUR · Snap · DEB · AppImage · Nix

Stable · x64 Linux x64 · NVIDIA CUDA · CPU · Vulkan for supported GGUF engines.

One-command installer

curl -fsSL https://voicestudio.sh/install | sh

Arch / Manjaro / EndeavourOS · AUR

yay -S voicestudio-bin

Also available through paru -S voicestudio-bin.

Development sources · yay -S voicestudio-git

Build from AUR and install with pacman

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/voicestudio-bin.git
cd voicestudio-bin
makepkg -s
sudo pacman -U ./voicestudio-bin-*.pkg.tar.zst

Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint · DEB

Download the .deb into the current folder, then install it:

Download

sudo apt install ./VoiceStudio-*-linux-x64.deb

Snap · Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and more

With snapd installed:

sudo snap install voicestudio

To enable microphone access:

sudo snap connect voicestudio:audio-record

Any Linux distribution · AppImage

Download the AppImage into the current folder, then launch it:

Download

chmod +x VoiceStudio-*-linux-x64.AppImage
./VoiceStudio-*-linux-x64.AppImage

Nix / NixOS · source environment

Enter the repository’s FHS development environment, then run from source:

git clone https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio.git
cd VoiceStudio
nix develop .#fhs
bun run dev

Guide

Guide

Docker · GHCR · Docker Hub

Stable images · CPU · NVIDIA CUDA · AMD ROCm.

Run locally on the CPU (Bash)

export OMNIVOICE_API_KEY="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
docker run -d --name omnivoice \
  -p 127.0.0.1:3900:3900 \
  -e OMNIVOICE_API_KEY \
  -e OMNIVOICE_DATA_DIR=/app/omnivoice_data \
  -v omnivoice-data:/app/omnivoice_data \
  ghcr.io/debpalash/voicestudio:stable
printf 'API key: %s\n' "$OMNIVOICE_API_KEY"

Open http://localhost:3900 and use the API key printed below.

NVIDIA, AMD ROCm and Compose instructions

Docker Hub mirror: palashdeb/omnivoice-studio:stable

Android · APK · Obtainium · F-Droid repository

Android 10+ · Preview · On-device, offline after model download.

Download APK · Guide

F-Droid · VoiceStudio repository

Add this repository in an F-Droid-compatible client; verify the fingerprint in the guide.

https://debpalash.github.io/VoiceStudio/fdroid/repo

Guide

Obtainium · GitHub releases

Add this source in Obtainium, or import the provided configuration.

https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio

Import configuration

Install over USB with adb

adb install -r VoiceStudio-*-android.apk

iPhone / iPad · IPA · sideloading

iOS / iPadOS 17+ · Preview · On-device, offline after model download.

Download the IPA and follow the signing and sideloading instructions.

Download · Guide

Desktop and phone installers are on the latest release; Docker images come from GHCR. No GPU? The app is fully usable on the CPU, just slower. Native GGUF engines can also use Vulkan on AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs; OmniVoice GGUF picks its GPU and model size automatically on Windows and Linux (OmniVoice, CosyVoice). Speed by engine and hardware: performance.

Get started

Install using the options above. Then open Voice cloning, pick a voice or add a clean reference recording, type your text and generate. The app asks before it downloads any model.

More install options : a specific version, current main, uninstall, from source, with a coding agent

curl -fsSL https://voicestudio.sh/install | sh -s -- --version X.Y.Z   # a specific release
curl -fsSL https://voicestudio.sh/install | sh -s -- --main            # build current main
curl -fsSL https://voicestudio.sh/install | sh -s -- --uninstall       # remove the app, keep your data

If voicestudio.sh is unreachable, run the script straight from the repository: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio/main/scripts/install.sh | sh. Prerequisites and behavior: installer guide.

From source

git clone https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio.git
cd VoiceStudio
bun run dev

bun run dev installs the JavaScript dependencies and, when using a supported local backend, the Python dependencies before launching Electron. Run bun run setup:api directly when you only need to rebuild the Python environment.

See Electron setup.

With a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, …), paste:

Install the VoiceStudio app on this device and verify it works, following
https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio/blob/main/docs/install/agent.md

Upgrading from 0.5.3 or older (the Tauri app)? Install the new app separately.

Documentation

All guides

NeedStart here
Setup helpTroubleshooting · Model downloads
GuidesMulti-speaker dubbing · Expressive speech · Exporting dubs
Models & qualityEngine guides · whisper.cpp ASR · Benchmarks
IntegrationsLocal API · MCP · Examples
Phone appsiOS and Android
DevelopmentContributing (sign the CLA before your first PR) · Changelog

Agent skills: npx skills add debpalash/VoiceStudio (voicestudio for audio work, voicestudio-maintainer for the repo).

Sponsors

The VoiceStudio app is free and needs no paid cloud. Sponsors keep it shipping: they fund maintainer time, test hardware, code-signing and release infrastructure.

For sponsorship inquiries, contact [email protected].

Ko-fi · PayPal · Tiers and benefits · Get your logo listed

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Core team

Palash Debnath Creator and Core Team palash.dev · GitHub · X

Shimul Debnath Core Team shimul.me · GitHub · X

Contributors

Thank you to everyone who sends code, reports, translations and ideas. All contributors · Contribute

License & responsible use

AGPL-3.0 covers the app, including commercial use under its terms. Model weights, voices and generated output have their own licences, which the Model Manager shows for each model (inventory). Clone a voice only with its owner's permission. Details: LICENSE-NOTICE.md.

Community tutorials

Nafay 3D · Samuel Gregory · kilObit

Read the original README

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