pywhispercpp

by abdeladim-s

Python bindings for whisper.cpp with a simple iterator API.

TL;DR

Python bindings for whisper.cpp with a simple iterator API.

Best for python projects that want whisper.cpp's speed without C++ build steps. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

Pip-installable Python wrapper over whisper.cpp. Exposes Model + Segment classes with timestamps. Supports CoreML on Apple Silicon and CUDA on NVIDIA. MIT.

Best for: Python projects that want whisper.cpp's speed without C++ build steps.
Watch out for: Lags whisper.cpp main by days/weeks; smaller community than faster-whisper.

Install / use

pip install pywhispercpp

Features

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

pywhispercpp vs Whipscribe

FeaturepywhispercppWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to pywhispercpp

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.