OpenVoice
Instant voice cloning by MIT and MyShell. Audio foundation model.
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.
Instant voice cloning by MIT and MyShell. Audio foundation model. The project is written primarily in Python, released under MIT, and has 37,363 stars and 4,181 forks on GitHub. 14 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2025-04-19. The maintainers do not publish tagged releases, so version pinning relies on commits. 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
- 2025-04-19
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceMIT
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
OpenVoice 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. Why we do this
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| OpenVoice this page | 3.9 | - | Yes | ||
| ElevenLabs | 8.5 | $6 | Yes | Creators publishing in several languages, developers who need… | |
| GPT-SoVITS | 6.2 | - | Yes | ||
| index-tts | 5.8 | - | Yes | ||
| ChatTTS | 5.5 | - | Yes | ||
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| Krisp | 5.2 | $8 | - |
Questions
Is OpenVoice free?
Yes. OpenVoice advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does OpenVoice cost?
OpenVoice 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 OpenVoice open source?
Yes. OpenVoice is a public repository released under MIT. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is OpenVoice scored here?
OpenVoice scores 3.9 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.