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Voicebox

Local desktop studio for voice cloning, speech generation, and dictation

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What it is

A desktop app that clones voices from short audio samples, generates speech in 23 languages using eight swappable TTS engines, and adds system-wide dictation with a global hotkey using Whisper. It includes a multi-track timeline for podcasts and narratives, audio effects, a REST API, and an MCP server so coding agents can speak in a chosen voice. Creators and developers who want voice work to stay on their own machine run it locally on macOS, Windows, Linux, or Docker.

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Stars
58,080 GitHub stars.
58,080

Forks
7,282
Commits
813
Contributors
96
Language
Python
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 7, 2026
On GitHub since
January 2026
First release
January 2026
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, self-hosted
Self-hostable
Yes
Alternative to
ElevenLabs, Wispr Flow
Author
Jamie Pine
Tags
  • mcp-server
  • text-to-speech
  • speech-to-text
  • voice-cloning
  • local-ai

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Bluesky“With Voicebox, you can clone your voice, and use it to read text. It's a free AI app you install on your computer to output generations locally. I cloned my…”Aug 2, 2026 · 7 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsOpen-source voice cloning app using Qwen3-TTSFeb 19, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“7. Open-Source AI Voice Studio for Cloning and Dictation LINK 8. Git-Native Coordination Substrate Cuts Multi-Agent Duplicate Work from 78% to 0% LINK”Jun 21, 2026 · 1 like · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“jamiepine/voicebox The open-source AI voice studio. Clone, dictate, create. Voicebox The open-source AI voice studio. Clone any voice. Generate speech…”Jun 24, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
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  • Bluesky“an open-source voice studio that clones any voice in seconds. voicebox: clone a voice from a short clip, dictate, and generate speech on your own machine…”Jun 21, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Made using Voicebox.sh and Qwen3-TTS 0.6b”Jun 9, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Open source voice cloning powered by Qwen3-TTS. Create natural-sounding speech from text with near-perfect voice replication. No need to pay for ElevenLabs…”Feb 21, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)