Lightweight TTS Libraries Voice AI Tools

Minimal, dependency-light text-to-speech implementations and wrappers for local/offline synthesis. Does NOT include API wrappers, cloud-based services, speech recognition, or production-grade TTS engines.

There are 185 lightweight tts libraries tools tracked. 3 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is KoljaB/RealtimeTTS at 84/100 with 3,800 stars and 9,228 monthly downloads. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	KoljaB/RealtimeTTS Converts text to speech in realtime	84	Verified	3,800	Python
2	pndurette/gTTS Python library and CLI tool to interface with Google Translate's text-to-speech API	78	Verified	2,594	Python
3	nateshmbhat/pyttsx3 Offline Text To Speech synthesis for python	75	Verified	2,493	Python
4	n1teshy/yapper-tts offline text to speech and free SOTA LLM APIs to let your programs speak to you	57	Established	46	Python
5	dputhier/pygtftk A python package and a set of shell commands to handle GTF files	54	Established	51	Python
6	wannaphong/ttsmms TTS with The Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) project	53	Established	235	Python
7	jeroenterheerdt/pycsspeechtts Python (py) library to use Microsofts Cognitive Services Speech (csspeech)...	49	Emerging	5	Python
8	thevickypedia/py3-tts Offline Text To Speech library for python	48	Emerging	30	Python
9	frostming/tetos A unified interface for multiple Text-to-Speech (TTS) providers.	47	Emerging	277	Python
10	ekwek1/soprano Soprano: Instant, Ultra-Realistic Text-to-Speech	47	Emerging	1,203	Python
11	mediatechlab/tts-wrapper TTS-Wrapper makes it easier to use text-to-speech APIs by providing a...	47	Emerging	21	Python
12	supersu-man/pyt2s The Python Text to Speech library you've been looking for.	46	Emerging	36	Python
13	PraaneshSelvaraj/speech_engine Speech Engine is a Python package that provides a simple interface for...	45	Emerging	3	Python
14	mgonzs13/audio_common A PortAudio based audio_common with text to speech for ROS 2	45	Emerging	32	C++
15	avinashvarna/sanskrit_tts Sanskrit text to speech	45	Emerging	33	Python
16	areebbeigh/winspeech Speech recognition and synthesis library for Windows - Python 2 and 3.	45	Emerging	12	Python
17	ImNimboss/uberduck A synchronous and asynchronous API wrapper for the UberDuck text-to-speech...	43	Emerging	22	Python
18	harmlessman/PAFTS PAFTS : Library That Preprocessing Audio For TTS.	43	Emerging	27	Python
19	SILMA-AI/silma-tts SILMA TTS v1 Official Repo — a Lightweight Open Bilingual Text to Speech Model	42	Emerging	6	Python
20	pth2000/PowerPointReviewer 一个基于PySide6实现的演讲稿朗读审阅工具，使用TTS引擎朗读PPT中的备注部分，从而辅助您进一步完善演讲的内容与措辞，助您顺利完成精彩的PPT演讲与展示。	41	Emerging	17	Python
21	stefantaubert/en-tts Command-line interface and Python library for synthesizing English texts into speech.	39	Emerging	5	Python
22	alexram1313/text-to-speech-sample Python3 Text to Speech Video Sample	39	Emerging	93	Python
23	wdbm/deep_throat speech synthesis program	38	Emerging	21	Python
24	aeleraqi/Text-to-Speech-gTTS---Arabic-text Google Text-to-Speech API to convert text input into audio files	38	Emerging	3	Jupyter Notebook
25	titilambert/pynuance Wrapper for Nuance Communications services	36	Emerging	3	Python
26	HachiroSan/google-pronouncer 🔊 Download pronunciation audio files from Google's dictionary service....	36	Emerging	3	Python
27	gooofy/py-marytts Python MaryTTS HTTP client library	36	Emerging	8	Python
28	mgonzs13/tts_ros Text-to-Speech for ROS 2	36	Emerging	21	Python
29	MattePalte/Verbify-TTS Simple and free Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine that reads for you any text on...	35	Emerging	135	Python
30	TartuNLP/text-to-speech-api REST API for neural text-to-speech synthesis	34	Emerging	17	Python
31	williamxhero/ttsmaker TTSMaker: A Python library for interacting with the TTSMaker API to easily...	33	Emerging	9	Python
32	Alex-Tremayne/LaTeXt Python package for converting LaTeX to text which can be read by text to...	33	Emerging	4	Python
33	hathibelagal-dev/str2speech An easy-to-use library and command-line tool for TTS	32	Emerging	15	Python
34	stefantaubert/mean-opinion-score Python library for calculating the mean opinion score and 95% confidence...	32	Emerging	24	Python
35	moutaouakkil/tts-text-to-speech Text-to-Speech (TTS) enables developers to synthesize natural-sounding...	32	Emerging	6	Python
36	henry-richard7/Natural-Text-to-Speech This python program uses https://naturaltts.com API to convert given text to...	31	Emerging	19	Python
37	laszukdawid/cracker Usable GUI for text-to-speech services	31	Emerging	5	Python
38	hug33k/PyTalk-R2D2 Python script for R2D2 text-to-speech	31	Emerging	17	Python
39	Helow19274/aiogTTS Async Python library to interface with Google Translate's text-to-speech API	30	Emerging	8	Python
40	anyvoiceai/Barkify Barkify: an unoffical training implementation of Bark TTS by suno-ai	30	Emerging	130	Python
41	aabdurakhmanov/uzbekcha-gapir Matnni O'zbek tilida talafuz qiluvchi desktop dastur \| Text to speech...	30	Emerging	7	Python
42	daslearning-org/text-to-speech-offline A lightweight cross-platform Text-To-Speech application which works on...	30	Emerging	3	Python
43	Jugendhackt/synthi-tts Hackathon project to digitize your own voice and have it speak for you!...	29	Experimental	12	Python
44	candlewill/Ossian Ossian: A simple language-independent Text-to-speech frontend	28	Experimental	17	Python
45	GetProjectsIdea/Convert-Text-to-Speech-in-Python Text to speech is a process to convert any text into voice. Text to speech...	28	Experimental	5	Python
46	tuhinpal/text-to-speech Text to Speech using Google's Library (Made for Fun)	28	Experimental	6	HTML
47	sureshnswamy/tamil-text2voice Text to speech tool for Tamil language	27	Experimental	7	Shell
48	NickV1v/AsyncFakeYou Asynchronous Python library for interacting with the FakeYou Text-to-Speech API	27	Experimental	16	Python
49	tirsky/speechpro_wrapper Wrapper for text to speech speechpro (only russian)	26	Experimental	6	Python
50	muqadasejaz/Text-to-Speech-Converter- A simple Python project that converts text into speech using different...	26	Experimental	3	Python
51	bhattbhavesh91/speech-python-demos pyttsx3 is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Its a Python-based...	26	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
52	MERLIN2-ARCH/text_to_speech Text to speech for ROS 2	25	Experimental	4	Python
53	stefantaubert/tts-mos-test-mturk Command-line interface (CLI) and Python library to evaluate text-to-speech...	25	Experimental	6	Python
54	headlessripper/NectarSTT NectarSTT (Nectar Speech To Text) is a Python-based speech recognition...	25	Experimental	1	Python
55	Flux9665/ArticulatoryTextFrontend This is a text-processing frontend that converts graphemes to phonemes and...	24	Experimental	14	Python
56	lifeiteng/Rabbit Explore Text-To-Speech	24	Experimental	25	Python
57	vishalnagda1/text-to-speech Python program to convert text to speech.	24	Experimental	5	Python
58	aeleraqi/gTTS---Arabic-text-to-multiple-languages Converting Arabic text to speech in various languages with the versatile...	24	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
59	ldl805/QuickSpeechPi Very, very lightweight and simple text to speech (TTS) program that outputs...	24	Experimental	2	Python
60	anonfaded/robospeaker101 Python tool for text-to-speech conversion with voice selection, usage...	24	Experimental	2	Python
61	aeleraqi/Text-to-Speech-gTTS---English-text Easy-to-use Python library for converting English text into natural sounding...	24	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
62	buddheshwarnath/blurtpy Offline, cross-platform Python text-to-speech and sound notifications....	24	Experimental	1	Python
63	Arbazkhan4712/Text-To-Speech A program that can convert Text into Speech using python	24	Experimental	1	Python
64	CodingWithEnjoy/Speech-To-Text-Python متن به صدا \| Text To Speech 😊🤩	24	Experimental	4	Python
65	brailcom/tts-api-provider Common interface to speech synthesis	23	Experimental	2	Python
66	yxngrbree/text-to-speech Nano weight TTS	23	Experimental	6	Python
67	mohaimenulislamshawon/text-to-voice-speech-converter The program is created based on google text to speech or voice converter...	23	Experimental	2	HTML
68	techmo-pl/tts-client Techmo Text-To-Speech (TTS) gRPC client	23	Experimental	5	Python
69	Dicklesworthstone/ChatTTS Forked to make it installable via pip	23	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
70	ashfaaqrifath/Speechtron This Python text to speech program converts text from user-provided files or...	23	Experimental	2	Python
71	lohriialo/texttospeech Google's Speech Synthesis, Text to speech conversion powered by machine learning	23	Experimental	9	Python
72	appatalks/Bark_text-to-speech Playground with Bark	23	Experimental	2	Python
73	paulfears/vbs allows python to access visual basic functions including: text to speech,...	23	Experimental	2	Python
74	the-avyakta/Speech-to-GCode I created a speech-to-Gcode generator using speech recognition and...	22	Experimental	1	Python
75	Ashish-Patnaik/Sonya-TTS High-fidelity AI speech with emotion, rhythm, and audiobook mode	22	Experimental	4	Python
76	rockcastle/Python-Kivy-Android-app Python-kivy Text to Speech Android App	22	Experimental	9	Python
77	alttch/ttsbroker Simple TTS (Text-To-Speech) broker for Python	22	Experimental	1	Python
78	FireHead90544/PyQTTs PyQTTs - Open Source Text To Speech GUI Application	22	Experimental	7	Python
79	abpai/tts-gateway A local text-to-speech gateway with a pluggable engine architecture	22	Experimental	—	Python
80	trentw/script-to-speech Convert screenplays into multi-voiced audiobooks using various...	22	Experimental	—	Python
81	nkpro2000sr/Word-to-AudioFile this is to generate audio files from given words. useful for generating...	22	Experimental	1	Python
82	furushchev/ros_gtts Text-to-Speech service for ROS using python gTTS library for backend.	22	Experimental	1	Python
83	baaziznasser/nbsapi a python library that helps you to control the sapi5 TTS	22	Experimental	5	Python
84	DarkSide7839/PytDm 🌐 Streamline your downloads with PytDm, a modern Python download manager...	22	Experimental	—	Python
85	ActiveIntelligentSystemsLab/japanese_tts_ros 日本語テキストを音声として出力するROS node	21	Experimental	12	Python
86	duc11021102/pyspeech Python Text To Speech Using gTTS @duc11021102	21	Experimental	2	Python
87	vaarunh/texttospeech This is simple text to speech convertor created using Google Text-to-Speech Lib.	21	Experimental	3	Python
88	BleachDev/tts-grabber Every Google, Azure & IBM text to speech voice for free.	21	Experimental	31	Python
89	shreyamalogi/Text-To-Speech "Transform Your Words into Sonic Spells with Shreya's Text-to-Speech...	20	Experimental	15	Python
90	scruss/micropython-SYN6988 MicroPython library for the VoiceTX SYN6988 text to speech module	20	Experimental	19	Python
91	JuanJRA20/Conversor-Texto-a-Voz 🎙️ Sistema inteligente de conversión de texto a audio con detección...	19	Experimental	—	Python
92	skye-cyber/ttskit3 A lightweight text to speeach toolkit	19	Experimental	—	Python
93	ttsaigit/tts-python Python SDK for the TTS.ai text-to-speech API	19	Experimental	—	Python
94	tqer39/tts-partner TTS Partner repository	19	Experimental	—	Python
95	laustke/jimlet_classic Offline text-to-speech GUI converter with drag-and-drop support,...	19	Experimental	—	Python
96	hyqzz/ICodeStar-text2speech-mp3 Simple Python tool to convert text to speech (TTS) and save as MP3 files....	19	Experimental	—	Python
97	icosane/hyacinthia Simple graphical front‑end for F5‑TTS	19	Experimental	—	Python
98	shrey802/PyTTSeval Evaluation tool for TTS systems	19	Experimental	—	Python
99	aristech-de/stt-clients Clients to communicate with the Aristech STT service	18	Experimental	3	Python
100	jgravelle/jBark jBark is a powerful Python library that builds upon the capabilities of the...	18	Experimental	8	Python
101	habitual69/speakify-api Speakify is a simple API that generates audio and subtitles from text using...	18	Experimental	5	Python
102	the-vishal/TTSpy Text to speech	18	Experimental	3	Python
103	tomasgoiba/diphone-synthesizer Basic diphone-based concatenative speech synthesizer in English.	18	Experimental	8	Python
104	rupin/WrittenAudio Written Audio Uses Google Text to Speech engine and a configuration file to...	17	Experimental	3	Python
105	smsraj2001/PYEDIT-PRO-THE-ULTIMATE-ADVANCED-TEXT-EDITOR An Advanced text editor in python with enhanced and amazing features	17	Experimental	2	Python
106	Herobrine25mcpe/text-to-speech_Tkinter So this is a project in which I am working on a simple text to speech...	17	Experimental	3	Python
107	Nishant-15/TTS Text To Speech in regional languages like English, Hindi and Marathi using python	16	Experimental	2	Python
108	code-with-ayyan/python-project-1 My first repository on github. Interactive CLI-based RoboSpeaker in Python....	16	Experimental	2	Python
109	sse-digital-man/TTS-Core 数字人项目-TTS部分	16	Experimental	4	Python
110	alok-kumar8765/robot_mood_announcer Robot Mood Announcer is a small but delightful script that gives your Python...	15	Experimental	—	Python
111	maribotto/uutistenlukija Suomalainen uutislukija - Lukee Helsingin Sanomien ja YLE:n uutiset ääneen....	15	Experimental	—	Python
112	NoNamePro0/Speech 🎙 Yet another python script that speech your text	15	Experimental	2	Python
113	JoeMountWSWS/wsws-tts Convert wsws.org articles to speech	15	Experimental	—	Python
114	FeuZen/Zonos-long-text-to-speech Takes an input text and transcribes it using zonos-v0.1-hybrid	15	Experimental	—	Python
115	DavidTbilisi/TTS Text To Speech (Georgian, English, Russian)	15	Experimental	—	Python
116	mgierada/TGSE TGSE (Transcripts Generator & Search Engine) - A Django based search engine...	15	Experimental	2	Python
117	ggegoge/PyTDM Pytońska treść do mowy – Polish Text to Speech library for Python	15	Experimental	15	Python
118	aristech-de/tts-clients Clients to communicate with the Aristech TTS service	14	Experimental	3	Python
119	Kourva/CallCenter I honestly have no idea for this section, just enjoy this TTS made in Flet	14	Experimental	9	Python
120	JolonB/TTS-Generator Generate small audio files in bulk	14	Experimental	—	Python
121	SoVinceble/Language_Engine A text-to-speech (TTS) system which creates human-like voices from written...	14	Experimental	1	Python
122	ryanfb/ancientgreekspeak Transliterate Ancient Greek to Apple phonemes for text-to-speech synthesis	14	Experimental	9	Ruby
123	dibbed/TTSKit-multi-engine-tts Python Text-to-Speech toolkit (multi-engine) with FastAPI, CLI and Telegram...	14	Experimental	4	Python
124	Edmar-Monteverde/conversor-articulos-a-mp3 Este proyecto recibe una URL de un artículo, extrae el texto principal y lo...	14	Experimental	—	Python
125	RG-7/RoboSpeaker This is a simple text to speech translator developed using python	14	Experimental	1	Python
126	IonTeLOS/notipie Desktop notifications and notification service with optional forwarding to...	13	Experimental	7	Python
127	vikesh8860/Multitasker Multitasker is a machine learning project based on python that implements...	13	Experimental	8	Python
128	marcosfelt/latex2speech Convert Latex to speech	13	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
129	technout/tts_gtk Graphical interface for Coqui TTS (Text to Speech) command line. Made in...	13	Experimental	5	Python
130	thomasthaddeus/TextToSpeechPython This repository contains a Python-based text-to-speech (TTS) program that...	13	Experimental	7	Python
131	Zai-Kun/Speech-Wich SpeechWich, text-to-speech app that uses Bing Translator's TTS service. It's...	13	Experimental	8	Python
132	Voinic/microtts Simple TTS library for MicroPython that works offline	12	Experimental	3	Python
133	Temerold/TobsTTS Text to speech, Python 3.7. Swedish and English. bye	12	Experimental	3	Python
134	amirisback/text-to-speech Text To Speech With Library Google Text To Speech	12	Experimental	4	Python
135	HxnDev/Human-Voice-to-Automated-Voice-Text This project converts your human voice input to its text transcript and to...	12	Experimental	4	Python
136	LiamBrandt/tts_decode A decoder for TTS files from 7 Days to Die	12	Experimental	4	Python
137	gogabs/pyscrout Output text to speech and braille	12	Experimental	1	Python
138	ponchotitlan/google_text-to-speech_prompt_maker Utility for Google Text-To-Speech batch audio files generator. Ideal for...	12	Experimental	3	Python
139	ahsanaasim/text-to-speach-works Boilerplate python project to generate videos from text using gTTS & MoviePy	11	Experimental	2	Python
140	sezer-muhammed/ReaderAudioEngine Neural Text-to-Speech (TTS) engine with word-level synchronization and ONNX...	11	Experimental	—	Python
141	HannoOttens/Voic-3-intator A text-to-speech program that uses your own voice. The goal was to collect...	11	Experimental	—	Python
142	SuperKogito/ReadTex Text to speech converter and player based on google api.	11	Experimental	2	Python
143	saurabhv749/script2speech cli TTS script	11	Experimental	—	Python
144	Rishi-Kumar-RK/tts-gui Text to speech with GUI	11	Experimental	—	Python
145	IG-onGit/TexeT TexeT is the tool you need to take your interaction and content control to...	11	Experimental	—	Python
146	patarapolw/ttslib TTS for local usage that works for all OS's, with a simple interface,...	11	Experimental	2	Python
147	xinlingqudongX/tts-voice tts custom voice 文字转语音，自定义文字	11	Experimental	2	Python
148	abduznik/TTS_Reader Converts text into natural-sounding speech, providing a simple and...	11	Experimental	—	Python
149	ashudevcodes/Speechify This is a Python program that translates a given text into Hindi using...	11	Experimental	—	Python
150	scruss/circuitpython-SYN6988 CircuitPython library for the YuTone VoiceTX SYN6988 text to speech module.	11	Experimental	2	Python
151	HarshilSharaf/Text-To-Speech Text-To-Speech Using Python with a interactive GUI	11	Experimental	—	Python
152	httpanand/Text-to-speech Simple py program to convert text to speech	11	Experimental	2	Python
153	needyamin/TS-TTS-to-MP4-Converter Desktop GUI tool for converting .tts / transport‑stream recordings (and any...	11	Experimental	—	Python
154	jetfontanilla/win-sapi-tts-audio-file-generator using Win SpVoice Interface (SAPI) with python to generate audio files with...	11	Experimental	2	Python
155	stavrosmachinima/audiorate-app Audio Rating Survey to gather Mean Opinion Score data for university thesis	11	Experimental	—	Python
156	donempudi-prudhvi/python This is used for python code and examples.	11	Experimental	—	Python
157	nashalexander/PersonaSpeak Simple but comprehensive TTS GUI tool for use with modern models	11	Experimental	—	Python
158	Imusing/MarkovTTS Text to Speech using a Markov Chain	11	Experimental	2	Python
159	LPBeaulieu/RadioTTS RadioTTS lets you generate audio tracks with TTS introductions, directly...	11	Experimental	2	Python
160	nbilbo/gtts-gui A graphical user interface to use gTTS library.	11	Experimental	—	Python
161	arunkv/dictation Dictation game for kids to practice their spelling	11	Experimental	2	Python
162	ShivanshGhelani/Myra-TTS AI-powered TTS web app that converts text to speech with real-time playback...	11	Experimental	—	HTML
163	nav343/nav A Python module made to simplify the usage of Text To Speech and Speech Recognition.	10	Experimental	1	Python
164	gpuhalla/SpeechToText2TextToSpeech A Speech to Text to Text to Speech script	10	Experimental	1	Python
165	lmarschall/PythonGoogleTTSClient By using googles text to speech api, this client allows the user to input a...	10	Experimental	1	Python
166	Mhadi-1382/GUI-Convert-text-to-speech GUI Application Convert Text To Speech	10	Experimental	1	Python
167	Atamyrat2005/text-to-speech There are several APIs available to convert text to speech in Python. One of...	10	Experimental	31	Python
168	Lucas-Uchiha/MicroSpeechy Simple text-to-speech program.	10	Experimental	1	Python
169	jabbalaci/say-it Convert arbitrary text to audio	10	Experimental	1	Python
170	littinrajan/speech_to_text_engine This repo contains an engine which let you transcribe your recorded audio to...	10	Experimental	1	—
171	frank038/gspeechtray A speech-to-text program.	10	Experimental	1	Python
172	sght500/add-points-synthesize A Python tool that enhances text-to-speech by formatting sentences for...	10	Experimental	1	Python
173	s3h4n/LetMeSpeak Let-Me-Speak is a simple python based Text-To-Speech application.	10	Experimental	1	Python
174	akionsight/Text-To-Speech A Simple GUI Based Text To Speech program based on pyttsx3	10	Experimental	1	Python
175	ts-azure-services/batch-tts-synthesis A repo to provide working code for long audio text to speech with a...	10	Experimental	1	Python
176	the-byte-bender/tts-fap TTS free app: Easily generate speech from text and export to files, made for...	10	Experimental	1	Python
177	yjg30737/pyqt_text_to_speech_gui using text to speech (tts) model in python desktop app	10	Experimental	1	Python
178	JimmyVS/Text-To-Speech Simple Python script using pyttsx3 for Text to Speech conversion. Customize...	10	Experimental	1	Python
179	samyakjain24040/Text_to_speak 🔥The python project for text to speak	10	Experimental	1	Python
180	Jameson33699/GUI-Dictionary I created just a dictionary that can convert text to speech as well as...	10	Experimental	1	Python
181	ruitcatarino/rss2tts RSS Reader with Text-to-Speech and language detection	10	Experimental	1	Python
182	Los-had/tts-app fala seus textos(com interface gráfica, feita com tkinter)	10	Experimental	1	Python
183	mattfelber/Notes Text-to-speech notepad. Search Wikipedia for highlited text	10	Experimental	1	Python
184	mydroidandi/commbase-tts-pyttsx3 A Python application that utilizes text-to-speech capabilities to read out...	10	Experimental	1	Python
185	MrKioZ/selected-tts A simple and useful text to speech script	10	Experimental	1	Python

Comparisons in this category

RealtimeTTS and pyttsx3 (84 vs 75) RealtimeTTS and soprano (84 vs 47) RealtimeTTS and py3-tts (84 vs 48) gTTS and pyt2s (78 vs 46) gTTS and py3-tts (78 vs 48) gTTS and tts-wrapper (78 vs 47) pyttsx3 and pyt2s (75 vs 46) pyttsx3 and sanskrit_tts (75 vs 45) pyttsx3 and py3-tts (75 vs 48)