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WhisperX

Open-source Whisper pipeline that adds word-level timestamps and speaker diarization on top of faster-whisper.

  • Max Bain (open source)
  • Local only
  • Free, open source

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Facts

Vendor
Max Bain (open source)
Approach
Engines & APIs
Where it runs
Runs only on your own hardware
Interface
Command line, API
Skill level
Advanced: command line, node graphs or self-hosting
Price
Free, open source
Pricing notes
Free and open source (BSD-2-Clause).
Source code
Open source (BSD-2-Clause)
GitHub stars
24.6k (18 Oct 2026)
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Price from github.com, 18 Oct 2026.

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