faster-whisper
Source: https://github.com/systran/faster-whisper
Reimplementation, not a fork; parent_url points to the model it re-implements.
Structured fields
{
"archived": false,
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"parent_url": "https://github.com/openai/whisper",
"usefulness": "Whisper reimplementation on CTranslate2: README claims up to 4x faster than openai/whisper at the same accuracy with less memory, with 8-bit quantisation on CPU and GPU. A common backend for local transcription.",
"source_type": "repository",
"availability": "available",
"dependencies": [
"CTranslate2"
],
"source_owner": "SYSTRAN",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
"upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-16T11:12:55.000Z"
}Evidence claims
- [upstream_claim] README: faster-whisper is a reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper using CTranslate2; up to 4 times faster than openai/whisper for the same accuracy with less memory; benchmarks run on CUDA 12.4 with an RTX 3070 Ti 8GB. · locator: README, intro and benchmarks source
- [sourced_fact] GitHub metadata: MIT, not archived, last push 2026-10-16. · locator: repository metadata source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | MIT | permitted | permitted | permitted | unknown | MIT per GitHub. |
| model_weights | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Converted CTranslate2 weights follow upstream Whisper's license (MIT per openai/whisper README) but the hosted conversions were not inspected. |