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Kokoro TTS

Speech (STT / TTS) ✓ verified 🔒 local-only Apache-2.0
GitHub ↗ HuggingFace ↗

Kokoro TTS is an open-weight, lightweight 82M-parameter speech synthesis model designed for fast local inference.

Who it's for: This tool is suitable for users who require a self-hostable speech synthesis solution with fast inference capabilities.

Strengths

  • Fast local inference
  • Lightweight 82M-parameter model
  • Open-weight design

Trade-offs

  • Limited data availability
  • May not be optimized for large-scale deployment

Data locality

Runs fully offline — no data leaves your machine.