# Coqui TTS

> Open-source deep learning toolkit for text-to-speech synthesis and voice cloning.

Coqui TTS is a widely used open-source library and CLI tool for text-to-speech synthesis and voice cloning. It provides pretrained models (including XTTS) across multiple languages that can run locally on your own hardware. Creators and developers use it as a self-hosted base audio generator for AI avatars, voiceovers, and voice-conversion workflows.

Website: https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS

## What it is for

- Generate spoken voiceover audio from raw text locally
- Clone target voices using short reference audio samples
- Create clean base vocal tracks to feed into voice conversion models like RVC
- Train and fine-tune custom speech synthesis models on private datasets

## Features

- Pretrained models for multi-speaker and multilingual speech synthesis
- XTTS voice cloning capabilities from short audio prompts
- Command-line interface (CLI) for quick batch speech synthesis
- Python library integration for developer pipelines
- Utilities for dataset curation, audio processing, and fine-tuning

## Pricing

Open source. Free and open source

## Details

- Type: GitHub repo
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [Text to Speech](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/text-to-speech.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, Command line, Code library, Self-hosted
- For: Developers, AI researchers, and content creators needing local voice synthesis
- Alternative to: ElevenLabs, Bark, Tortoise-TTS
- Tags: tts, text to speech, voice cloning, audio, speech synthesis, open source

## Why it was saved

- [@overpowered.ai, 12 October 2023](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyTQGmVS18G/): Generates natural base speech audio locally and open-source before running it through voice conversion models.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to ElevenLabs](https://xiry.app/alternatives/elevenlabs.md)
- [Alternatives to Bark](https://xiry.app/alternatives/bark.md)

## Related

- [ElevenLabs](https://xiry.app/resources/elevenlabs): AI voice generator, voice cloning, and conversational agent platform (Web app, Freemium)
- [Cartesia Sonic](https://xiry.app/resources/cartesia-sonic): Ultra-low-latency streaming text-to-speech and instant voice cloning model. (AI model, Freemium)
- [Dia](https://xiry.app/resources/dia): Open-source 1.6B text-to-speech model generating multi-speaker dialogue in one pass. (AI model, Open source)
- [Airy](https://xiry.app/resources/airy): Fast, low-cost text-to-speech API and studio for creators and developers (AI model, Freemium)
- [AudioPen](https://xiry.app/resources/audiopen): Converts spoken thoughts into structured, polished writing in customizable styles. (Web app, Freemium)
- [cartesia-python](https://xiry.app/resources/cartesia-python): Official Python library for Cartesia's real-time text-to-speech API (GitHub repo, Paid)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/coqui-tts

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