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whisper vs Mlx Audio

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

whisper

Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

Best matched with other audio tools.

109.9K
Stars
+370
Weekly
56/100
Health
Mlx Audio

A text-to-speech (TTS), speech-to-text (STT) and speech-to-speech (STS) library built on Apple's MLX framework, providing efficient speech analysis on Apple Silicon.

Best matched with other audio tools.

7.7K
Stars
+712
Weekly
85/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

whisper has the larger GitHub footprint with 109.9K stars.

Momentum

Mlx Audio is currently growing faster at +712 stars this week.

Maintenance

Mlx Audio has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 85/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

SignalwhisperMlx Audio
Evidence statusVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTCBasic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC
GitHub stars109.9K7.7K
Weekly growth+370+712
Health scoreWatch56/100Strong85/100
Contributors81112
Commits per week0.221.8
Open issues12387
LanguagePythonPython
LicenseMITMIT
Last commit2026-08-31 17:19 UTC2026-08-16 21:10 UTC
Last releasev20250625v0.4.8

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