Whisper Standalone (Purfview)

by Purfview

Single-EXE Whisper for Windows + Linux, no dependencies.

TL;DR

Single-EXE Whisper for Windows + Linux, no dependencies.

Best for non-technical users who want a fast, offline transcriber without installing Python. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Pre-compiled standalone executables wrapping faster-whisper with the latest CTranslate2. Distributed as zipped releases — point it at a file and go. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Non-technical users who want a fast, offline transcriber without installing Python.
Watch out for: Faster-whisper based; no Mac build; binary releases lag upstream sometimes.

Install / use

Download release binary

Features

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

Whisper Standalone (Purfview) vs Whipscribe

FeatureWhisper Standalone (Purfview)Whipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsWindows, LinuxWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Whisper Standalone (Purfview)

OpenAI Whisper
OpenAI

The reference open-source multilingual ASR model from OpenAI.

OSS · MIT ★ 98.1k
whisper.cpp
Georgi Gerganov

C/C++ port of Whisper — runs on anything, from a Raspberry Pi to Apple Silicon.

OSS · MIT ★ 48.8k
faster-whisper
SYSTRAN

4× faster than reference Whisper using CTranslate2 — production sweet spot.

OSS · MIT ★ 22.3k

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.