faster-whisper
Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2
Our verdict
A notable project that carries real maintenance risk. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-08-30, not from hands-on testing.
Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2. The project is written primarily in Python, released under MIT, and has 25,142 stars and 2,048 forks on GitHub. 47 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2025-11-19. The latest tagged release is v1.2.1 (2025-10-31). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-30 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Repository
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Python
- Last push
- 2025-11-19
Releases
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v1.2.1faster-whisper 1.2.1 -
v1.2.0faster-whisper 1.2.0 -
v1.1.1faster-whisper 1.1.1 -
v1.1.0faster-whisper 1.1.0 -
v1.0.3faster-whisper 1.0.3 -
v1.0.2faster-whisper 1.0.2
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceMIT
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
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What users actually say
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| faster-whisper this page | 5 | - | Yes | ||
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Questions
Is faster-whisper free?
Yes. faster-whisper advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does faster-whisper cost?
faster-whisper does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is faster-whisper open source?
Yes. faster-whisper is a public repository released under MIT. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is faster-whisper scored here?
faster-whisper scores 5.0 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.