# SpeechBrain vs whisper.cpp

| Attribute | SpeechBrain | whisper.cpp |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 26.8 (23% (low)) | 68.8 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 11 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 18 |
| adoption.github_stars | 11,785 | 53,196 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A framework for developing conversational AI with support for speech recognition, synthesis, enhancement, and language understanding. Designed with flexibility and transparency for research and production use. | An open-source library that provides speech-to-text transcription capabilities, ported from OpenAI's Whisper model. It supports various hardware accelerators and runs on multiple platforms with a command-line interface. |
| integrations.count | 2 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"Orion"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Python | C++ |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source (Apache License)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://speechbrain.github.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T14:05:43.501Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:33:54.410Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 110 | 15 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-03-30T14:41:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.3","date":"2025-04-07T17:05:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.2","date":"2024-10-31T10:06:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.1","date":"2024-10-01T10:55:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2024-10-01T10:54:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.16","date":"2023-11-22T02:28:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.15","date":"2023-07-22T18:07:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.14","date":"2023-03-24T17:40:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.13","date":"2022-08-29T16:25:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.12","date":"2022-06-26T20:19:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.11","date":"2021-12-20T04:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/0.5.10","date":"2021-09-11T22:34:16Z","type":"stable","version":"0.5.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.9","date":"2021-06-17T01:25:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.8","date":"2021-06-06T01:42:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/0.5.7","date":"2021-04-29T17:12:43Z","type":"stable","version":"0.5.7"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.9.3","date":"2026-08-20T11:39:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/b4938","date":"2026-08-20T11:33:19Z","type":"stable","version":"b4938"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.9.2","date":"2026-08-04T15:31:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.9.1","date":"2026-06-19T05:53:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.9.0","date":"2026-06-17T10:19:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.7","date":"2026-06-16T10:59:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.6","date":"2026-06-02T06:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.5","date":"2026-05-29T12:07:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.4","date":"2026-03-19T15:08:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.3","date":"2026-01-15T11:27:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.2","date":"2025-10-15T08:32:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.1","date":"2025-10-12T10:18:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.8.0","date":"2025-09-30T18:44:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.6","date":"2025-06-25T13:50:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.5","date":"2025-04-02T14:34:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/b2365","date":"2025-03-31T15:04:32Z","type":"stable","version":"b2365"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.4","date":"2025-01-06T13:16:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.3","date":"2024-12-18T16:15:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.3-pre","date":"2024-12-09T09:34:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.7.3-pre"},{"url":"https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/tag/v1.7.2","date":"2024-11-19T16:55:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.2"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fspeechbrain%2Fspeechbrain&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fggerganov%2Fwhisper.cpp%2Fbindings%2Fgo&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Speech To Text)

| Capability | SpeechBrain | whisper.cpp |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Real time streaming | - | - |
| Speaker diarization | - | - |
| Custom vocabulary | - | - |
| Fine tuning | - | - |
| Word timestamps | - | - |
| Punctuation formatting | - | - |
| Pii redaction | - | - |
| Vertical model | - | - |
| Offline on device | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:29:56.178Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*