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leon

🧠 Leon is your open-source personal assistant.

★ 17.6k stars⑂ 1.5k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

leon is an open-source audio project by leon-ai (leon-ai/leon on GitHub). It has 17,553 GitHub stars and 1,474 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 3 October 2026.

Repository
leon-ai/leon
GitHub stars
17,553
Forks
1,474
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
3 October 2026
Category
Audio
Listing
Full install guide
Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Pick the job

    Transcription, synthesis, voice changing, or editing — each tool here majors in one.

  2. Install and set up

    Binaries, pip packages, or Docker; models download on first run for AI tools.

  3. Feed it audio or text

    Drop in a recording or type what you want spoken.

  4. Export the result

    WAV/MP3/OGG outputs drop straight into editors or apps.

// features

Why people love it

Automation-ready

Designed to run unattended: triggers, schedules, and webhooks.

Scriptable

CLI and Python APIs slot into larger pipelines.

Multilingual

Dozens of languages supported, not just English.

Real-time options

Streaming transcription and TTS for live applications.

Diarization

Tell speakers apart in meetings and interviews automatically.

Voice cloning

Clone a voice from a short sample for narration and dubbing.

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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/leon-ai/leon.git
    cd leon
  2. Step 2 — Check the README

    Every project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.

    cat README.md | head -60
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.

    # see README for the exact launch command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains leon?

It is an open-source project at leon-ai/leon with 1,474 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Is leon free for commercial use?

MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.

Does it work offline?

Most of these run fully offline after the model download.

Can I use the voices commercially?

Check each license — many allow it, but voice-cloning has ethical and legal boundaries.

How accurate is the transcription?

Whisper-class models rival paid services on clear audio; noisy recordings need cleanup first.

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// alternatives

Alternatives in Audio

The most-starred other Audio projects in the LibreAI catalogue — the realistic shortlist if leon is not the right fit.

Get leon

Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.