openai/whisper-cpp
CPU-fast Whisper inference in plain C/C++.
Project health
5-dimension weighted (commit / issue / PR / release / maintainer). 0 = healthiest.
- Commit freshnessCollecting data
- Issue responsiveness (7d)53/100
- PR merge activity (7d)0/100
- Release cadence0/100
- Maintainer visibility0/100
Project maturity
Adopted by an early-user community, not yet mainstream.
- Stars50/100
- Age25/100
- Contributors100/100
- Releases (12m)0/100
Decision evidence(2 items · expand)
- 980★ / 163d / 145 contributors / 0 releases in the last 12m
- Commercial signals: org:openai
Tiered on 980★ / 163d / 0 contributors / 0 releases in 12m.
Why PopScore is 77?
Weighted formula · each factor scored 0-100
- Star Velocity(35%)100/ 100·+35.0
- Fork Engagement(20%)3/ 100·+0.6
- Activity(25%)96/ 100·+24.0
- Mentions(10%)100/ 100·+10.0
- Quality Filter(10%)71/ 100·+7.1
PopScore = Σ (factor × weight) = 35.0 + 0.6 + 24.0 + 10.0 + 7.1 ≈ 77
Plain C/C++ Whisper port with GGML quantization — runs on CPU, no Python stack required.
- 1Plain C/C++, minimal dependencies
- 2CPU / CUDA / Metal / OpenCL backends
- 3GGML Q4 / Q5 / Q8 quantized models
Best for: Engineers embedding speech-to-text at the edge or in low-resource environments.
Difficulty: ★★★★★
Star trajectory (last 3 days)
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Activity in the last 7 days
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- Commits32
- PRs merged11
- Issues opened16
- Issues closed14
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Activity
- 32 commits (7d)
- 11 PRs merged (7d)
- Created 2026-03-18
- Pushed 13d ago