PiperConvert text into speech locally using downloadable voice models.
Free and open source (GPL-3.0 licence per GitHub).
Voice & avatars
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KokoroGenerate spoken audio from text using a local speech model.
Free and open source (Apache-2.0 licence per GitHub). Runs locally with no usage cap; you supply the computer.
LivePortraitAnimate a single portrait into a talking, expressive video locally with an open-weights model.
Free open-weights model that runs on your own hardware. Code licence is custom (no standard SPDX id) — check terms; the InsightFace dependency is non-commercial.