# CosyVoice

Model · https://godooo.ai/en/model/cosyvoice

> CosyVoice is an open-weight AI model from Alibaba 阿里巴巴, released in 2024, made for developers.

A multilingual speech generation model from Alibaba for text-to-speech and zero-shot voice cloning.

Main jobs: Text to speech, Voice cloning. It is open source and free to use. You can use it on your own server, offline on your own machine and through an API.

## At a glance

- **Type:** [Model](https://godooo.ai/en/browse#model)
- **Made by:** [Alibaba 阿里巴巴](https://godooo.ai/en/org/alibaba)
- **Released:** 2024
- **Galaxy:** [Voice & Music](https://godooo.ai/en/galaxy/audio)
- **Open source:** Yes · Apache-2.0
- **Source code:** [github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice](https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice)
- **GitHub stars:** 23,759
- **How you run it:** Self-host · Runs offline · API
- **Made for:** Developers
- **Website:** [github.com](https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice)

## What it can do

- **[Text to speech](https://godooo.ai/en/capability/text-to-speech)** — main job, _proposed by a machine, awaiting calibration_. “Fun-CosyVoice 3.0 is an advanced text-to-speech (TTS) system based on large language models (LLM)” (read on [github.com](https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice), 2026-09-24)
- **[Voice cloning](https://godooo.ai/en/capability/voice-cloning)** — main job, _proposed by a machine, awaiting calibration_. “supports both multi-lingual/cross-lingual zero-shot voice cloning” (read on [github.com](https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice), 2026-09-24)

## Alternatives

- **[ElevenLabs](https://godooo.ai/en/product/elevenlabs)** (Free plan + paid upgrades): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[Chatterbox](https://godooo.ai/en/model/chatterbox)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning
- **[F5-TTS](https://godooo.ai/en/model/f5-tts)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning
- **[Fish Speech](https://godooo.ai/en/model/fish-speech)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning
- **[GPT-SoVITS](https://godooo.ai/en/product/gpt-sovits)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[CapCut 剪映](https://godooo.ai/en/product/capcut)** (Free plan + paid upgrades): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[Descript](https://godooo.ai/en/product/descript)** (Free plan + paid upgrades): Also does: Text to speech, Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[ChatTTS](https://godooo.ai/en/model/chattts)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech
- **[RVC](https://godooo.ai/en/product/rvc)** (Open source, free): Also does: Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[WaveNet](https://godooo.ai/en/model/wavenet)**: Also does: Text to speech
- **[HeyGen](https://godooo.ai/en/product/heygen)** (Free plan + paid upgrades): Also does: Voice cloning; no code needed
- **[MoneyPrinterTurbo](https://godooo.ai/en/product/moneyprinterturbo)** (Open source, free): Also does: Text to speech; no code needed

## Connections

- **Applies:** [Voice Cloning](https://godooo.ai/en/concept/voice-cloning)

## Questions

### What is CosyVoice?

CosyVoice is an open-weight AI model from Alibaba 阿里巴巴, released in 2024, made for developers. A multilingual speech generation model from Alibaba for text-to-speech and zero-shot voice cloning.

### Is CosyVoice free?

Yes. CosyVoice is open source (Apache-2.0) and free to use.

### Is CosyVoice open source?

Yes, under the Apache-2.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice.

### Can CosyVoice run locally?

Yes. CosyVoice can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.

### What can CosyVoice do?

Main jobs: Text to speech, Voice cloning.

### Who makes CosyVoice?

CosyVoice is made by Alibaba 阿里巴巴.

### What are open-source alternatives to CosyVoice?

Open-source ones: Chatterbox, F5-TTS, Fish Speech, GPT-SoVITS, ChatTTS, RVC and MoneyPrinterTurbo. Others: ElevenLabs, CapCut 剪映, Descript, WaveNet and HeyGen.

## Sources

- [github.com](https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice) — checked 2026-09-24

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