Chatterbox: open-source voice and tts | Signal Check (@SignalCheckRae)

What it does

Chatterbox is a text-to-speech model from Resemble AI that you can run yourself. It can copy a voice from a short sample and lets you adjust how expressive the speech sounds.

Good for: Generating voiceover locally, as long as you have the rights to any voice you clone.

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The signals we checked

Licence: MIT (OSI-approved open-source licence)
Popularity: Stars: 26,989 (checked 16 Oct 2026)
Last commit: 21 Jul 2026
Open issues and PRs: 373
Status: Active (not archived)
Self-host: ModeratePython package; a GPU is strongly recommended.

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