Stable Audio Tools
Training and inference code for Stable Audio Open.
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- 2026-10-09
Live from the GitHub API · updated 2026-10-15
What is Stable Audio Tools?
Stable Audio Tools provides the code to run Stable Audio Open — a text-to-audio model for sound design, loops and short music — plus training utilities for conditional audio generation.
Key features
- Text-to-audio for SFX, loops and ambience
- Gradio interface
- Training and fine-tuning scripts
System requirements
- Platforms
- Linux · Windows
- GPU
- NVIDIA
- Python
- 3.8+
How to install Stable Audio Tools
Summarized from the project’s README. Projects change quickly — check the GitHub page for the latest instructions.
pip
- 1Install the package.
pip install stable-audio-tools - 2Run the Gradio app from a clone of the repo with a pretrained model.
python3 ./run_gradio.py --pretrained-name stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0
Strengths
- Good for sound design
Limitations
- Model license requires accepting Stability’s terms
Stable Audio Tools alternatives compared
| Software | Stars | License | Platforms | VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Audio Tools Training and inference code for Stable Audio Open. | 3.9K | MIT | — | |
| AudioCraft (MusicGen) Meta’s library for MusicGen music generation and AudioGen sound effects. | 23.7K | MIT | 16 GB for the large model; smaller models need less | |
| Bark Suno’s generative audio model: speech, music snippets and sound effects. | 39.3K | MIT | ~12 GB full; ~8 GB with small models | |
| 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 | — | |
| faster-whisper Whisper reimplemented on CTranslate2 — up to 4× faster with less memory. | 25.9K | MIT | — |
FAQ
Is Stable Audio Tools free?
Yes — Stable Audio Tools is open-source software released under the MIT license. Check the license (and any model weight licenses) before commercial use.
Does Stable Audio Tools run on Windows, Mac and Linux?
Stable Audio Tools supports: Linux, Windows.
What hardware do I need for Stable Audio Tools?
NVIDIA
How do I install Stable Audio Tools?
1. Install the package. 2. Run the Gradio app from a clone of the repo with a pretrained model.
What are the best Stable Audio Tools alternatives?
Popular alternatives include AudioCraft (MusicGen), Bark, Whisper, whisper.cpp. See the comparison table on this page.