# F5-TTS

Model · https://godooo.ai/en/model/f5-tts

> F5-TTS is an open-weight AI model, released in 2024, made for developers.

A text-to-speech model based on flow matching that clones a voice from a short sample.

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

## At a glance

- **Type:** [Model](https://godooo.ai/en/browse#model)
- **Released:** 2024
- **Galaxy:** [Voice & Music](https://godooo.ai/en/galaxy/audio)
- **Open source:** Yes · MIT
- **Source code:** [github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS](https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS)
- **GitHub stars:** 15,278
- **How you run it:** Runs offline · Self-host · Terminal · API
- **Made for:** Developers
- **Website:** [github.com](https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS)

## What it can do

- **[Text to speech](https://godooo.ai/en/capability/text-to-speech)** — main job, _proposed by a machine, awaiting calibration_. “Basic TTS with Chunk Inference” (read on [github.com](https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS), 2026-09-24)
- **[Voice cloning](https://godooo.ai/en/capability/voice-cloning)** — main job, _proposed by a machine, awaiting calibration_. “F5-TTS: A Fairytaler that Fakes Fluent and Faithful Speech with Flow Matching” (read on [github.com](https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS), 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
- **[CosyVoice](https://godooo.ai/en/model/cosyvoice)** (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 F5-TTS?

F5-TTS is an open-weight AI model, released in 2024, made for developers. A text-to-speech model based on flow matching that clones a voice from a short sample.

### Is F5-TTS free?

Yes. F5-TTS is open source (MIT) and free to use.

### Is F5-TTS open source?

Yes, under the MIT license. The source code is at https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS.

### Can F5-TTS run locally?

Yes. F5-TTS can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.

### What can F5-TTS do?

Main jobs: Text to speech, Voice cloning.

### What are open-source alternatives to F5-TTS?

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

## Sources

- [github.com](https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS) — checked 2026-09-24

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