rishiskhare/parrot
A free, offline, private AI text-to-speech desktop app built on Rust 🦜
- Stars
- 170
- Forks
- 16
- Open issues
- 5
- Last push
- 1mo ago
parrot star history
+3 this week
About parrot
parrot is a free, open-source AI voice and audio tool by rishiskhare, written mainly in Rust. A free, offline, private AI text-to-speech desktop app built on Rust 🦜. It has 170 GitHub stars and 16 forks, and was last updated 1mo ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it runs on a regular CPU without a GPU and works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Rust
- Stars
- 170
- Last update
- 1mo ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not needed (runs on CPU)
- Paid API key
- Not required
- Self-hostable
- Not stated
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parrot FAQ
Can I use parrot commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is parrot free?
Yes. parrot is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does parrot run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, parrot works on macOS.
Does parrot need a GPU?
No. According to the project, parrot runs on a regular CPU.
Is parrot still maintained?
It was last updated 1mo ago. Check recent issues on GitHub to judge how active it is.
What are alternatives to parrot?
Similar free, open-source tools include Speech, index-tts, mlx-audio, fish-speech.
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