VoiceStudio: open-source, fully-local ElevenLabs alternative for voice cloning, dubbing, and audiobooks
debpalash/VoiceStudio is a desktop app that runs voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription, and audiobook creation on local hardware in 646 languages; about 95,000 stars and still climbing GitHub trending.
Why it matters
No account, API key, or usage meter on local workflows: speech stays on the user's own machine, with a local API and MCP server so agents can call it without a cloud voice service.
What you could build with it
An indie creator could dub a video series into several languages on a home machine, using a cloned narrator voice and the local API to batch-generate audio without per-minute cloud billing.
Does it hold up?
Genuinely usable as a desktop studio with 95k stars and Docker images, but it is still in active beta and the default OmniVoice weights are non-commercial only, so commercial work needs a different engine.
Built with VoiceStudio
- VoiceStudio Guide: Install the Open-Source Local ElevenLabs Alternativeblog · Install guide covering Windows, macOS, and Linux setup plus speech generation and dubbing projects, following the project README.
- Voice Cloning, Dubbing and Transcription Without the Cloudblog · Overview of the local voice workbench: 646 languages, local API and MCP, and the AGPL app licence versus separately licensed model weights.
- VoiceStudio: Free Local ElevenLabs Alternative, Explainedarticle · Reports the 34,560 stars gained in 30 days and the key caveat that default OmniVoice weights are non-commercial only.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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