F5-TTS
Voice cloning from a short sample.
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What it is
An open text-to-speech system that can imitate a voice from a few seconds of audio.
Good for
Voice cloning experiments and narration.
The catch
The code is MIT, but pretrained models can come with different, sometimes non-commercial terms. Check the model page. Only clone voices you have permission to use.
F5-TTS versus ElevenLabs
The paid product's own plans and terms change. Check its site before you decide.
Install it with an AI assistant
Paste this into Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant that can work on your computer (Claude Code or Claude Desktop, for example). It is written from the project's official repository and tells the assistant to show you every command first. Setup time is our estimate: about 20 min.
I want to install and try F5-TTS on my own computer. Official repository: https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS Official site: https://github.com/SWivid/F5-TTS License: MIT (code) Before you do anything: 1. Read the README and install notes in the official repository above, and nothing else. Do not follow third-party tutorials or mirrors. 2. Tell me in plain words what will be installed, what it needs (operating system, memory, graphics card, disk space, accounts) and what it will cost me, if anything. 3. Check my computer against those needs and tell me honestly if it will not work well. This runs an AI model on my own hardware. Check my graphics card and memory first, and tell me which version or size of the model will realistically fit. Download model files only from the official page named in the README, tell me how big they are before you download, and run one small example to check it works. Rules: - Show me each command before you run it, and say what it does. - Ask before anything that deletes files, changes system settings, opens a network port or needs an administrator password. - Never put my passwords or keys on a command line, or in a file I did not choose. - When it is installed, help me check it with one small test, and tell me how to start and stop it. - If something goes wrong, explain it in plain words and do not guess your way around it. Good to know before you start: The code is MIT, but pretrained models can come with different, sometimes non-commercial terms. Check the model page. Only clone voices you have permission to use.
We have not run this prompt ourselves yet. Read what the assistant plans to do before you say yes.
Facts checked on 12 October 2026. We have not yet run a hands-on test of this tool. When we do, it gets a "Tested" mark here. Approximate US list prices for an individual plan, from third-party price trackers checked on 12 Oct 2026. Monthly billing where it exists. Regions, taxes and promotions change them. Confirm at the vendor before you decide.
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