# Moshi review

> Moshi is a speech-text foundation model and full-duplex spoken dialogue framework. It uses Mimi, a state-of-the-art streaming neural audio codec.

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/moshi/

## Moshi at a glance

- **Category:** [Voice and realtime](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/voice-and-realtime/)

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #270 overall, #13 in Voice and realtime, momentum score 35
- Downloads that week: 4.6k (+14% vs 4-week average)
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 50; Aug 16: 57; Aug 23: 55; Aug 30: 39; Sep 6: 59; Sep 13: 44; Sep 20: 40; Sep 27: 25; Oct 4: 30; Oct 11: 58; Oct 18: 46; Oct 25: 63

## Moshi alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [faster-whisper](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/faster-whisper/) | 26.4k | 4.4M |
| #2 | [Kokoro](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/kokoro/) | 9.8k | 150.7k |
| #3 | [Chatterbox](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/chatterbox/) | 27.5k | 73.2k |
| #4 | [VoiceMem](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/xzf-thu-voicemem/) | 2.8k | – |
| #5 | [Pipecat](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/pipecat/) | 17k | 348.5k |
| #6 | [WhisperX](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/whisperx/) | 25k | 158.6k |

## Moshi FAQ

### How popular is Moshi?

Moshi has 11.4k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 63 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 47 a week. Its main package had 4.6k downloads that week, +14% against its own 4-week average. That made it #13 among voice and realtime AI tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to Moshi?

Other voice and realtime AI tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: faster-whisper (#1), Kokoro (#2), Chatterbox (#3), VoiceMem (#4), Pipecat (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

## Sources

1. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)