GFPGAN

by TencentARC

Face restoration — often paired with Whisper subtitle pipelines.

TL;DR

Face restoration — often paired with Whisper subtitle pipelines.

Best for video post-processing alongside Whisper subtitling. Pricing: free.

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

What it is

A face-restoration model frequently paired with subtitle workflows. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Video post-processing alongside Whisper subtitling.
Watch out for: Not an ASR engine.

Install / use

pip install gfpgan

Features

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

GFPGAN vs Whipscribe

FeatureGFPGANWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages199
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, API, MCP

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