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Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

What it is

[[Blog]](https://openai.com/blog/whisper) [[Paper]](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04356) [[Model card]](https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/main/model-card.md) [[Colab example]](https://colab.research.google.com/github/openai/whisper/blob/master/notebooks/LibriSpeech.ipynb)

When to use it

Reach for whisper when your project generates or processes images, video, speech or audio — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged .

Category
Generative Media
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Stars
112,459
Forks
13,624
Last push
2 months ago
Created
2022-09-16
Open issues
182
Website
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Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/openai/whisper.git

Hand it to your AI

Read https://ideas.asveas.com/r/openai/whisper.md and help me add openai/whisper to my project. Explain the setup steps for my stack and show the minimal code to get it working.
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FAQ

What is whisper?

openai/whisper is a media tool on GitHub: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision [[Blog]](https://openai.com/blog/whisper) [[Paper]](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04356) [[Model card]](https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/main/model-card.md) [[Colab example]](https://colab.research.google.com/github/openai/whisper/blob/master/notebooks/LibriSpeech.ipynb)

When should I use whisper?

Reach for whisper when your project generates or processes images, video, speech or audio — it's written in Python and fits stacks tagged .

What are the best alternatives to whisper?

Popular alternatives in Generative Media: yt-dlp/yt-dlp (207k★), Comfy-Org/ComfyUI (146k★), remotion-dev/remotion (72.5k★), ggml-org/whisper.cpp (55.1k★), lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar (14.8k★).

Is whisper actively maintained?

openai/whisper looks actively maintained: the last push was 2 months ago (2026-08-31), with 112,459 stars and 182 open issues.

What license does whisper use?

openai/whisper is published under the MIT license. Check the repository's LICENSE file before commercial use.