Fish Speech
Multilingual TTS and voice cloning from Fish Audio.
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- 2026-10-14
Live from the GitHub API · updated 2026-10-15
What is Fish Speech?
Fish Speech (OpenAudio) is a multilingual text-to-speech system with zero-shot voice cloning and emotion control. It provides a WebUI, API server and Docker images.
Key features
- Zero-shot voice cloning
- Strong Chinese, English and Japanese support
- WebUI and HTTP API server
System requirements
- Platforms
- Linux · Windows · Docker
- GPU
- NVIDIA
- VRAM
- 4 GB+
- Python
- 3.10+
How to install Fish Speech
Summarized from the project’s README. Projects change quickly — check the GitHub page for the latest instructions.
From source
- 1Clone and install.
git clone https://github.com/fishaudio/fish-speech.git cd fish-speech pip install -e . - 2Download the checkpoints and start the WebUI as described in the docs.
Strengths
- Excellent multilingual quality
- Server mode for apps
Limitations
- Model weights are licensed for non-commercial use
Fish Speech alternatives compared
| Software | Stars | License | Platforms | VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Speech Multilingual TTS and voice cloning from Fish Audio. | 33.1K | Apache-2.0 | 4 GB+ | |
| F5-TTS Zero-shot voice cloning TTS based on flow matching. | 15.4K | MIT | — | |
| GPT-SoVITS Few-shot voice cloning and TTS with a full training WebUI. | 62.8K | MIT | 6 GB+ | |
| Kokoro A tiny 82M-parameter TTS model with surprisingly natural voices. | 9.3K | Apache-2.0 | — | |
| Whisper OpenAI’s open-source speech recognition and translation model. | 110.5K | MIT | ~1 GB (tiny) to ~10 GB (large) | |
| whisper.cpp Whisper in plain C/C++ — fast on CPUs, Apple Silicon and mobile. | 54.4K | MIT | — |
FAQ
Is Fish Speech free?
Yes — Fish Speech is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license. Check the license (and any model weight licenses) before commercial use.
Does Fish Speech run on Windows, Mac and Linux?
Fish Speech supports: Linux, Windows, Docker.
What hardware do I need for Fish Speech?
NVIDIA. VRAM: 4 GB+
How do I install Fish Speech?
1. Clone and install. 2. Download the checkpoints and start the WebUI as described in the docs.
What are the best Fish Speech alternatives?
Popular alternatives include F5-TTS, GPT-SoVITS, Kokoro, Whisper. See the comparison table on this page.