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Whisper Small

huggingface.co·Infrastructure

whisper-small is an open-source automatic speech recognition model developed by OpenAI. It supports multilingual audio transcription and is suitable for developers and researchers building speech-to-text applications. The model can be fine-tuned and deployed locally or via API for various audio processing tasks.

Open SourceMIT
WebCLIAPISelf-hosted
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⭐105.3k
stars
🍴12.8k
forks
📋6
alternatives
✓5
features
📅2022
since

Overview

5 features

Whisper Small sits in PulseGate's Voice, TTS & speech category. It focuses on automating the transcription of audio recordings into accurate text using AI. It is built as an open-source project for developers and researchers needing speech-to-text capabilities. Whisper Small is open source under the MIT license. The product ships for the web, the command line, and API, and it can be self-hosted.

OpenAI builds and maintains Whisper Small, and the product first shipped in 2022. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 105.3k stars. It operates in a well-populated space: PulseGate tracks 6 similar tools. Key capabilities include speech recognition, multilingual support, and audio transcription.

  • ✓Speech recognition
  • ✓Multilingual support
  • ✓Audio transcription
  • ✓Transformer-based
  • ✓Fine-tuning support

Tags

speech-recognitionaudio-to-textwhisperopenai-modelmultilingual-asr

AI capabilities

AudioInference: LocalWeights: Open

Built with & integrations

Hosting
aws
AI providers
meta_llamaopenailocal_oss
Runs on
BrowserCLIAPI-onlySelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

LicenseMIT
Verified signals
✓ HTTPS✓ Open Source✓ Free tier

Recent events

Latest indexed changes and source events

  1. IndexedJul 19, 7:17 PM

    openai/whisper-small verified by the PulseGate indexer

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Frequently asked questions about Whisper Small

What does Whisper Small do?
Whisper Small focuses on automating the transcription of audio recordings into accurate text using AI. It is catalogued under Voice, TTS & speech on PulseGate.
Who is Whisper Small for?
Whisper Small is an open-source project built for developers and researchers needing speech-to-text capabilities.
Is Whisper Small free?
Yes — Whisper Small is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does Whisper Small run on?
Whisper Small runs on the web, the command line, and API. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Whisper Small still maintained?
PulseGate's liveness checks currently classify Whisper Small as active.
What are alternatives to Whisper Small?
Similar tools tracked by PulseGate include Whisper Tiny, Whisper Small, and Whisper Large.Whisper TinyWhisper SmallWhisper LargeSee all 16 alternatives
Who makes Whisper Small?
Whisper Small is developed by OpenAI.
When did Whisper Small launch?
Whisper Small first shipped in 2022.

At a glance

Pricing
Open Source
Platforms
Web
Languages
English
License
MIT
First seen
Oct 13, 2022
Activity
🟢 Active
Status
🟢 Active
Built for
Developers and researchers needing speech-to-text capabilities
Model
Open source
Solves
Automating the transcription of audio recordings into accurate text using AI.

Developer

OpenAI
Community-driven

Open source

⭐ Stars
105,251
🍴 Forks
12,795
Open issues
134
Last commit
3mo ago
Commits 90d
0
Contributors
81
Authorship
Community-driven
Default branch
main
Latest release
v20250625 · 1y ago

Live coverage

Confidence
Medium · 70
Indexed
Jul 19, 2026
Lifecycle
Alive
Activity
Active
First seen
Oct 2022
Last seen
2d ago
Identity audit (9)
Entity ID
cmrs6ipjl01cvi8d0dree3ac6
Slug
openai-whisper-small-huggingface-co
Verification state
Indexed for public listing
Claim / listing state
Unclaimed · listed: yes
Index status
Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot
Jul 19, 2026
Timeline basis
Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Last updated
Jul 21, 2026
Canonical URL
https://huggingface.co/openai/whisper-small

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