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docker-whisper

Self-hosted Whisper speech-to-text as a Docker image.

💎 Hidden gem★ 112 stars⑂ 21 forksNOASSERTIONupdated 2026-09
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// project facts

Project facts

docker-whisper is an open-source audio project by hwdsl2 (hwdsl2/docker-whisper on GitHub). It has 112 GitHub stars and 21 forks, is released under the NOASSERTION license, and was last updated on GitHub on 21 September 2026.

GitHub stars
112
Forks
21
License
NOASSERTION
Last updated on GitHub
21 September 2026
Category
Audio
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Clarify your goal

    Decide what you want the project to do before installing anything.

  2. Clone the repo

    Grab the source and skim the README for setup requirements.

  3. Install and configure

    Install dependencies and add any API keys or settings it needs.

  4. Run your first task

    Launch it and follow the example workflow from the docs.

// features

Why people love it

Docker deployment

Ships with container support for one-command self-hosting.

Self-hostable

Deploy the full stack on your own infrastructure.

Speech-to-text

Turns spoken audio into accurate text.

Open source

Adapt the pipeline to your audio needs.

Noise removal

Cleans up background noise automatically.

Speaker diarization

Knows who said what in multi-speaker audio.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/hwdsl2/docker-whisper.git
    cd docker-whisper
  2. Step 2 — Install dependencies

    Create a virtual environment and install the requirements.

    python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
    pip install -r requirements.txt
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Start the app or CLI and follow the README examples.

    python main.py --help
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains docker-whisper?

It is an open-source project at hwdsl2/docker-whisper with 21 forks. Check the repo’s contributors and recent commits to judge how active maintenance is.

Is docker-whisper free to use?

GitHub does not assert a license for this repo, so treat the code as all rights reserved until the author adds one.

What audio formats work?

MP3, WAV, and most common formats are supported.

Does it need a GPU?

It helps a lot for transcription speed, but CPU mode works too.

Can it handle multiple speakers?

Tools with diarization label who said what.

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