Wake Word Detection Voice AI Tools

Tools for detecting specific trigger words or commands in audio streams, typically optimized for embedded/edge devices. Does NOT include general speech recognition, ASR, or speech classification beyond wake-word activation.

There are 45 wake word detection tools tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is Picovoice/porcupine at 70/100 with 4,743 stars. 1 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	Picovoice/porcupine On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning	70	Verified	4,743	Python
2	MycroftAI/mycroft-precise A lightweight, simple-to-use, RNN wake word listener	57	Established	959	Python
3	arcosoph/nanowakeword A lightweight, open-source, and intelligent wake word detection engine....	52	Established	48	Python
4	mozilla/DeepSpeech DeepSpeech is an open source embedded (offline, on-device) speech-to-text...	49	Emerging	26,741	C++
5	OAID/cortex-m-kws Cortex M KWS example with Tengine Lite.	38	Emerging	74	C
6	vineeths96/Spoken-Keyword-Spotting In this repository, we explore using a hybrid system consisting of a...	38	Emerging	107	Python
7	zycv/awesome-keyword-spotting This repository is a curated list of awesome Speech Keyword Spotting...	37	Emerging	283	—
8	mozilla/DeepSpeech-examples Examples of how to use or integrate DeepSpeech	36	Emerging	858	Python
9	FedericaPaoli1/stm32-speech-recognition-and-traduction stm32-speech-recognition-and-traduction is a project developed for the...	33	Emerging	39	C
10	mostafaelaraby/Tensorflow-Keyword-Spotting Keyword spotting using various architecture like convolutional vggnet , 1D...	32	Emerging	29	Python
11	AkshathRaghav/tinyspeech Code release for "TinySpeech: Attention Condensers for Deep Speech...	32	Emerging	21	C
12	ShawnHymel/tflite-speech-recognition Demo for training a convolutional neural network to classify words and...	32	Emerging	105	Jupyter Notebook
13	harvard-edge/multilingual_kws Few-shot Keyword Spotting in Any Language and Multilingual Spoken Word Corpus	32	Emerging	186	Jupyter Notebook
14	bensonruan/Speech-Command Speech Command Recognizer using tensorflowjs	31	Emerging	17	JavaScript
15	ArchitParnami/Few-Shot-KWS Few-Shot Keyword Spotting	29	Experimental	71	Jupyter Notebook
16	thotnd173389/SpeechCommand The project aims to use keyword spotting streaming in a real-time offline...	28	Experimental	5	Python
17	andriyadi/Maix-SpeechRecognizer Speech Recognition or Wake Word detection demo, developed using Maixduino...	28	Experimental	52	Objective-C
18	stgloorious/stm32-speech-recognition Speech Recognition using STM32 and Machine Learning	27	Experimental	18	C
19	boochow/TFLite_Micro_MicroSpeech_M5Stack M5Stack (ESP32) port of TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers demo "Micro Speech"	27	Experimental	31	C++
20	aishoot/Multi-Hotword_Spotting Won't it be cool to build a speech assistant like Alexa or Siri yourself...	26	Experimental	34	Jupyter Notebook
21	Ephrem-ETH/E2E-KWS End-to-End Keyword Spotting (E2E-KWS) using a character level LSTM	25	Experimental	43	Python
22	edholmes2232/Speech2Touch Voice Input to USB HID Output. Based on STM32WB55	25	Experimental	21	C
23	Jithsaavvy/Deploying-an-end-to-end-keyword-spotting-model-into-cloud-server-by-integrating-CI-CD-pipeline The project is a concoction of research (audio signal processing, keyword...	24	Experimental	23	PureBasic
24	huaxiaozhong1/Tensorflow-SparkFunEdge-FullLifeCycel-for-SequenceModel An "AI on-device" project for sequence model. Based at Tensorflow Lite for...	23	Experimental	2	—
25	jsvir/sparknet [Tiny KWS] SparkNet: Sparse Binarization for Fast Keyword Spotting	22	Experimental	17	Python
26	thotnd173389/tdnn_with_swsa Create model keyword spotting using Time Delay Neural Network and Shared...	22	Experimental	7	Python
27	dalehumby/openWakeWord-rhasspy openWakeWord for Rhasspy	22	Experimental	39	Python
28	Mmiglio/SpeechRecognition Small-footprint Keyword Spotting	22	Experimental	18	Python
29	ryuuji06/keyword-spotting In this repository, I implement a system for detecting specific spoken words...	22	Experimental	19	Python
30	etosworld/etos-keywordspotting PyTorch implementations of neural network models for keyword spotting	21	Experimental	11	Python
31	sk-g/Speech-Recognition-Tensorflow-Challenge Different CNN Models for keyword spotting in speech recognition	21	Experimental	10	Python
32	trinhtuanvubk/ASR-based-KWS QbE Keyword Spotting System based on ASR	21	Experimental	8	Python
33	lgpearson1771/openwakeword-trainer Train custom wake word models with openWakeWord. A granular 13-step pipeline...	21	Experimental	2	Python
34	antonin-lfv/ESP32-robot-piloting-with-TinySpeech Offline Keyword Spotting on ESP32-S3. TinySpeech implementation using...	20	Experimental	1	C
35	vishwakneelamegam/deepspeech-android i have build speech recognition app using mozilla deepspeech	20	Experimental	17	Java
36	Momotoculteur/Keyword-voice-recognition Créer une reconnaissance vocale de mots clés via des algorithmes...	17	Experimental	3	Python
37	Rohit909-creator/EfficientWordNet_Upgrade EfficientWordNet enhances wakeword detection with noise-robust similarity...	16	Experimental	1	Python
38	daniel-szulc/Speech_Recognition 🎙 Automatic Keyword Speech Recognition for Polish and English in Tensorflow 🧠	16	Experimental	4	Python
39	jasonwhwang/tensorflow_micro_speech_mbed Tensorflow Micro Speech Example using Mbed (STM32F49ZI, NUCLEO-F429ZI)	15	Experimental	2	C++
40	carmen-martin/Deep-Keyword-Spotting A Small Footprint implementation of Keyword Spotting with different architectures.	15	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
41	code2k13/pipico_speech_recognition This repository contains code and instructions to implement single word...	14	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
42	moego0/custom_KWS End-to-end pipeline for training a custom keyword detection model with...	13	Experimental	2	Python
43	Med-Karim-Ben-Boubaker/Embedded-Speech-Recognition-STM32F407 This project aims to implement a speech command recognition system on an...	13	Experimental	6	C
44	susnato/Trigger-Word-Detection-From-Live-Audio Trigger Word Detection from live audio	12	Experimental	3	Python
45	anacletu/tflm-keyword-spotting-led Efficient Keyword Spotting for LED Control with TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

porcupine and mycroft-precise (70 vs 57) porcupine and awesome-keyword-spotting (70 vs 37) porcupine and nanowakeword (70 vs 52) porcupine and Multi-Hotword_Spotting (70 vs 26) multilingual_kws and Few-Shot-KWS (32 vs 29) stm32-speech-recognition-and-traduction and stm32-speech-recognition (33 vs 27)