whisper.cpp

Release: v1.9.5 (2026-10-06)Commit: d1be6fdLicense: MIT

Speech recognition with Whisper models in plain C and C++.

inference

v1.9.5releasewhisper.cppC++MIT

FactsLicenseMITLanguageC++KindinferenceRelease2026-10-06PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, AndroidLinks to the projectpermissive

$ git clone https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git
$ cd whisper.cpp && cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j --config Release
# use with Freeweights
$ ./build/bin/whisper-cli -m ./<model>.bin -f audio.wav   # convert the weights to ggml first

Overview Install Use with Freeweights License Provenance

Overview

Speech recognition with Whisper models in plain C and C++.

Kind: inference
License: MIT
Language: C++
Platforms: macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android
Latest release: v1.9.5 (2026-10-06)
Repository: ggml-org/whisper.cpp

Topicsinferenceopenaispeech-recognitionspeech-to-texttransformerwhisper

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Install

$ git clone https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git
$ cd whisper.cpp && cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j --config Release
# use with Freeweights
$ ./build/bin/whisper-cli -m ./<model>.bin -f audio.wav   # convert the weights to ggml first

$ git clone https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git
$ cd whisper.cpp && cmake -B build && cmake --build build -j --config Release

Checked against the project's README on 2026-11-14. The project's own instructions win when they differ: install docs

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Use with Freeweights

Run a catalog model

$ ./build/bin/whisper-cli -m ./<model>.bin -f audio.wav # convert the weights to ggml first

Download the weights from Freeweights first (HF_ENDPOINT or fw.py), then point the tool at the folder.

Catalog models it can run (2)

whisper-large-v3 whisper-large-v3-turbo

License

License: MIT
Class: Permissive

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Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Provenance

From:

ggml-org <github.com/ggml-org>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.toolsSubject: whisper.cppRelease: v1.9.5 (2026-10-06)Commit: d1be6fdLicense: MIT

Repository: ggml-org/whisper.cpp
Pinned release: v1.9.5, 2026-10-06
Release commit: d1be6fde11ac6e0407606b4e42fe72d34add8037
Default branch: master 5922450fbce1ed9d1648babd0d5ac4520055b436
Fetched: 2026-11-14
Takedowns: None.

Freeweights links to the project and does not host tool binaries.

Get it

Install Project repository

Works with

2 catalog models. See the list