Kokoro
Compact, high-quality open text-to-speech model
Kokoro is an open-weight text-to-speech model with a small parameter count that produces natural-sounding speech. It can be self-hosted with an OpenAI-compatible API wrapper for local speech synthesis.
Key features
- Small high-quality model
- Multiple voice presets
- Low resource usage
- Runs offline
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 8.3k GitHub stars
- Written in JavaScript
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