# Bark vs Parler-TTS

| Attribute | Bark | Parler-TTS |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 32.3 (20% (low)) | 28.6 (17% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 8 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 39,249 | 5,586 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source model capable of generating multilingual speech and various audio outputs including music, background noise, and sound effects from text input. Supports 100+ languages automatically, includes 100+ speaker voice presets, and is available for commercial use. | An inference and training library for speech synthesis models, available as an open-source project distributed via pip. |
| language.primary | Jupyter Notebook | Python |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:00:22.032Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:25:09.827Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| security.scorecard | 2.6 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=bark&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=parler-tts&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Text To Speech)

| Capability | Bark | Parler-TTS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Voice cloning | - | - |
| Zero shot cloning | - | - |
| Streaming synthesis | - | - |
| Ssml support | - | - |
| Emotion style control | - | - |
| On device offline | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Watermarking provenance | - | - |
| Cloning consent verification | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:09.908Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*