How to transcribe audio on your own computer with Whisper
Install OpenAI's open-source Whisper speech recognition model, transcribe recordings offline, choose the right model size and export subtitles in minutes.
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Open-source alternatives to popular AI tools
Free and open-source options for chat, image generation, transcription, automation and coding assistance — what they are, what you need to run them, and the trade-offs.
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10 open-source AI projects every developer should know
From Hugging Face Transformers to llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama, LangChain and ComfyUI: the open-source projects that form the backbone of today's AI development.
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How to evaluate an open-source AI project before you depend on it
Stars aren't enough. Check maintenance, community, license, security, documentation and governance before building on an open-source AI library or model.
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Editorial: Open and closed AI both matter — the debate needs nuance
Open-weight models bring transparency, competition and access; closed models offer control and safety layers. Why framing it as a binary fight serves no one.
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AI communities worth joining: online and in person
Where to learn, share and collaborate on AI: Hugging Face, Kaggle, research forums, open-source collectives, Discord and Reddit communities, meetups and affinity groups.
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How to contribute to open-source AI projects
A step-by-step guide to contributing to open-source AI: finding a project, starting with docs and issues, making pull requests, and sharing models or datasets.
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Open vs. closed AI models: the full debate
A deep dive into open-weight versus closed AI models: definitions, arguments on innovation, safety and competition, business strategies and the policy debate.
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Models tagged #Open Source
AlibabaFeb 25, 2025
Wan 2.1
Alibaba's open-source video generation models (1.3B and 14B) for text-to-video and image-to-video, released under Apache 2.0.
- Type
- Video
- Context
- —
- Weights
- Open
hexgradJan 27, 2025
Kokoro-82M
A tiny 82-million-parameter open text-to-speech model with natural-sounding voices, small enough to run quickly on ordinary hardware.
- Type
- Speech
- Context
- —
- Weights
- Open
MetaJul 29, 2024
SAM 2
Meta's Segment Anything Model 2, which segments any object in images and tracks it through videos from simple clicks or boxes.
- Type
- Vision
- Context
- —
- Weights
- Open
BAAIJan 30, 2024
BGE-M3
Open multilingual embedding model from the Beijing Academy of AI supporting dense, sparse and multi-vector retrieval in over 100 languages.
- Type
- Embedding
- Context
- 8K
- Weights
- Open
OpenAINov 6, 2023
Whisper large-v3
OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model for transcription and translation into English across dozens of languages.
- Type
- Speech
- Context
- —
- Weights
- Open
SunoApr 20, 2023
Bark
Suno's open transformer model that generates realistic multilingual speech, plus music, background noise and non-verbal sounds from text.
- Type
- Audio & Music
- Context
- —
- Weights
- Open
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