AudioCraft

by Meta AI

Meta's audio-generation stack (MusicGen, AudioGen, EnCodec).

TL;DR

Meta's audio-generation stack (MusicGen, AudioGen, EnCodec).

Best for generative-audio research alongside Whisper transcription. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

Meta's audio-generation library. MIT code, mixed weights.

Best for: Generative-audio research alongside Whisper transcription.
Watch out for: Mixed licenses — MusicGen Medium/Large CC-BY-NC.

Install / use

pip install audiocraft

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

AudioCraft vs Whipscribe

FeatureAudioCraftWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages199
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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