HuggingFace Candle

by Hugging Face

Minimalist Rust ML framework with Whisper support.

TL;DR

Minimalist Rust ML framework with Whisper support.

Best for embedding ASR into Rust apps + WASM/WebGPU deployment. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux, macOS, Windows, Web

What it is

A minimalist ML framework written in Rust. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Embedding ASR into Rust apps + WASM/WebGPU deployment.
Watch out for: Some kernels still PyTorch-only.

Install / use

cargo add candle-core candle-transformers

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

HuggingFace Candle vs Whipscribe

FeatureHuggingFace CandleWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows, WebWeb, API, MCP

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