Devtoolwatch BoardBest voice and realtime AI tools, ranked by real usage
17 voice and realtime AI tools ranked by new GitHub stars and npm and PyPI download growth, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Updated every Monday.
| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk | vs 4-wk avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | faster-whisperfaster-whisper is a Python reimplementation of OpenAI's Whisper speech-to-text model built on the CTranslate2 inference engine for… | 26.4k | 4.4M | +29% |
| #2 | KokoroKokoro is a Python inference library for Kokoro-82M, an open-weight text-to-speech model with 82 million parameters. | 9.8k | 150.7k | +50% |
| #3 | ChatterboxChatterbox is a family of open-source text-to-speech and voice cloning models by Resemble AI, with English and multilingual variants. | 27.5k | 73.2k | +44% |
| #4 | VoiceMemInfrastructure for the next generation of voice agents, designed to provide universal memory. It is divided into a left brain and a… | 2.8k | – | – |
| #5 | PipecatPipecat is an open-source Python framework for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily and… | 17k | 348.5k | +13% |
| #6 | WhisperXWhisperX is a Python speech recognition tool built on Whisper that adds word-level timestamps and speaker diarization. | 25k | 158.6k | +37% |
| #7 | LiveKit AgentsLiveKit Agents is an open-source Python framework for building realtime voice, video, and multimodal AI agents that join LiveKit rooms… | 15k | 2.4M | +14% |
| #8 | WhisperWhisper is OpenAI's general-purpose speech recognition model for multilingual transcription, speech translation into English, and… | 111.7k | 1.5M | +4% |
| #9 | Qwen Audio AgentA realtime voice runtime that keeps Agents talking, working, and present. Real-time Voice Runtime for AI Agents | 3.1k | 2k | +211% |
| #10 | ElevenLabs SDKElevenLabs SDK is the official Python library for the ElevenLabs API, covering text-to-speech, voice cloning, streaming audio and voice… | 3.2k | 4M | +15% |
| #11 | F5-TTSF5-TTS is an open-source Python text-to-speech system using flow matching with a Diffusion Transformer, supporting zero-shot voice… | 15.5k | 25.1k | +56% |
| #12 | AssemblyAI SDKAssemblyAI's Official Python SDK | 213 | 1.7M | +22% |
| #13 | MoshiMoshi is a speech-text foundation model and full-duplex spoken dialogue framework. It uses Mimi, a state-of-the-art streaming neural… | 11.4k | 4.6k | +14% |
| #14 | VexaOpen-source meeting transcription API for Google Meet, Microsoft Teams & Zoom. Auto-join bots, real-time WebSocket transcripts, MCP… | 2.9k | – | – |
| #15 | Deepgram SDKDeepgram SDK is the official Python SDK for Deepgram's speech recognition, text-to-speech, text analysis, and voice agent APIs. | 469 | 2.2M | +10% |
| #16 | Cartesia SDKCartesia SDK is the official Python client for the Cartesia REST API, with sync, async and websocket clients for text-to-speech. | 137 | 351.2k | +10% |
| #17 | Vapi Web SDKVapi Web SDK is a TypeScript npm package that lets you start Vapi voice assistant calls directly in your web app. | 70 | 319.8k | +3% |
FAQ
What is the fastest-growing of the voice and realtime AI tools right now?
faster-whisper ranked #1 among voice and realtime AI tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, with a momentum score of 74 out of 100.
Which of the voice and realtime AI tools has the most GitHub stars?
Of the voice and realtime AI tools ranked in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Whisper has the most GitHub stars: 111.7k.
Which of the voice and realtime AI tools is downloaded the most?
faster-whisper's main package had the most downloads of the ranked voice and realtime AI tools: 4.4M in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026.
How does Devtoolwatch rank voice and realtime AI tools?
Every Monday the Board averages four percentile ranks: new GitHub stars from daily snapshots, new stars for the repo's size, added npm and PyPI downloads, and download growth beyond the market. Star spikes without forks, downloads or Hacker News to back them are held back.
Rankings come from Devtoolwatch's daily GitHub snapshots and the npm and PyPI download APIs. How the ranking works.