Moonshine (project mirror)

by Moonshine AI

Mirror of Useful Sensors' Moonshine releases.

TL;DR

Mirror of Useful Sensors' Moonshine releases.

Best for tracking the moonshine release stream. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Project mirror of Moonshine. MIT.

Best for: Tracking the moonshine release stream.
Watch out for: See the usefulsensors/moonshine entry — same models.

Install / use

pip install useful-moonshine

Features

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

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FeatureMoonshine (project mirror)Whipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingYesNo
Languages199
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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