GitPop

openai/whisper-cpp

CPU-fast Whisper inference in plain C/C++.

Slowing·35Early·45
PopScore
79
View on GitHubC++MIT
Stars
980
Forks
145
Open Issues
22
7d ΔStar
+980

Project health

5-dimension weighted (commit / issue / PR / release / maintainer). 0 = healthiest.

Slowing·35
  • Commit freshness
    Collecting data
  • Issue responsiveness (7d)
    53/100
  • PR merge activity (7d)
    0/100
  • Release cadence
    0/100
  • Maintainer visibility
    0/100

Project maturity

Adopted by an early-user community, not yet mainstream.

Early·45
  • Stars
    50/100
  • Age
    25/100
  • Contributors
    100/100
  • Releases (12m)
    0/100
Commercial signals
org:openai
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

AI Snapshot

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)

Inline preview · click through for a full shareable chart

14d30d180dYTD1年5年最长
View full chart →
Star history over the last 3 daysLine chart showing growth from 0 to 0 stars.

Embeddable SVG API: /api/chart?repos=openai/whisper-cpp&layout=rel

Activity in the last 7 days

Source: GitHub events API

  • Commits
    32
  • PRs merged
    11
  • Issues opened
    16
  • Issues closed
    14

External mentions

HN · Reddit · Lobsters — last 30 days

No mentions in the last 30 days.

GitPop scans HN Algolia, Reddit r/programming, and Lobsters every sync.

Get notified when openai/whisper-cpp breaks out

Star-spike alerts · release notes · security advisories — delivered via RSS, email, or webhook.

Requires account · coming in v1.3

See roadmap

Other top C++ projects

Ranked by PopScore · same language

See all →

Compare alternatives

See how this project stacks up against 30 popular alternatives.

Browse all comparisons

Topics

#whisper#asr#cpp#inference

Activity

  • 32 commits (7d)
  • 11 PRs merged (7d)
  • Created 2026-03-18
  • Pushed 13d ago