whisper.cpp
Install command:
brew install whisper.cppFormerly known as: whisper-cpp
Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp
License: MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/whisper.cpp.json
Formula code: whisper.cpp.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
tahoe | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.9.4 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| ggml | 0.23.0 | Tensor library for machine learning |
| llama.cpp | 0.4.0 | LLM inference in C/C++ |
| sdl2-compat | 2.32.72 | SDL2 compatibility layer that uses SDL3 behind the scenes |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.3 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
parakeet-cli,
parakeet-quantize,
whisper-bench,
whisper-cli,
whisper-command,
whisper-lsp,
whisper-quantize,
whisper-server,
whisper-stream,
whisper-talk-llama,
whisper-vad-speech-segments
| whisper.cpp requires GGML model files to work. These are not downloaded by default. To obtain model files (.bin), visit one of these locations: https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/tree/main https://ggml.ggerganov.com/ |
Analytics:
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| Installs | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Installs on Request | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Build Errors | 0 |