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Fish Speech

Fish Speech — Fish Audio's expressive open text-to-speech and voice cloning: SOTA-quality TTS you can self-host, under the Fish Audio Community License (check terms)

★ 33.3k stars⑂ 2.9k forksCustom (check repo)updated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

Fish Speech is an open-source audio project by fishaudio (fishaudio/fish-speech on GitHub). It has 33,289 GitHub stars and 2,891 forks, is released under the Custom (check repo) license, and was last updated on GitHub on 14 October 2026.

GitHub stars
33,289
Forks
2,891
License
Custom (check repo)
Last updated on GitHub
14 October 2026
Category
Audio
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Set up the environment

    Follow the official installation guide (linked from the README at speech.fish.audio/install): environment setup and weight downloads, or use the Docker deployment the repo ships.

  2. Download the model weights

    Get the current Fish Speech weights from the project Hugging Face organisation (fishaudio) as the install guide directs.

  3. Generate speech

    Run inference through the WebUI for interactive cloning/TTS, the command line for batches, or the API server when another app should call it.

// features

Why people love it

Expressive TTS and cloning

Natural, expressive synthesis with voice cloning from reference audio — the project headline capability.

WebUI, CLI and API server

Three ways in: a browser UI for people, a CLI for scripts, and an API server for products.

Docker deployment

The repo ships Dockerfiles and compose files for a self-hosted deployment without hand-building the environment.

Actively developed models

The S2 model line and Hugging Face releases are current — the repo was pushed in October 2026 and its licence was refreshed the same month.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Read the install guide

    The README routes all setup through the official docs: environment, weights, Docker.

    https://speech.fish.audio/install/
  2. Docker route

    The repo ships compose files (compose.yml and variants) for the container deployment described in the docs.

    git clone https://github.com/fishaudio/fish-speech.git
    cd fish-speech
  3. Inference docs

    CLI, API server and WebUI inference are documented step by step here.

    https://speech.fish.audio/inference/
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What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who makes Fish Speech?

Fish Audio (fishaudio on GitHub), the team behind the fish.audio platform; this repo is their open TTS system.

Is Fish Speech free?

For research and non-commercial use, yes, free of charge under the Fish Audio Community License. Limited commercial use is allowed below a revenue threshold; larger commercial or hosted-service use needs a separate licence from Fish Audio — read the LICENSE file in the repo.

Can I clone any voice?

Only clone voices you have the right to use — your own or with clear permission. The project disclaims responsibility for illegal usage, and consent and local law are on the user.

How does it compare to a well-known alternative?

Against Chatterbox (also new on LibreAI this week), Fish Speech is the heavier, hosted-platform-grade system with a custom community licence; Chatterbox is MIT-licensed and simpler to embed. Against XTTS-style research models, Fish Speech is the more productised, actively released option.

How do I get started?

Follow the install guide at speech.fish.audio/install (or the Docker route), download the weights from Hugging Face, then generate from the WebUI.

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