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Voicebox Voice Synthesis

If you want voice cloning and TTS running locally instead of paying ElevenLabs per character, this is a solid open-source option. It's a Tauri desktop app with a FastAPI backend that runs entirely on your machine, supports five different TTS engines including Qwen3 and Chatterbox Turbo, and handles 23 languages. The REST API on localhost:17493 makes it easy to integrate into your own apps, and it includes a multi-track Stories editor for mixing different voices. Works with Apple Silicon MLX, CUDA, or CPU fallback. The code samples are comprehensive and it ships pre-built binaries for macOS and Windows, so you can skip the build process unless you're on Linux.

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$ npx -y skills add aradotso/trending-skills --skill voicebox-voice-synthesis --agent claude-code

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Voicebox Voice Synthesis Studio

Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.

Voicebox is a local-first, open-source voice cloning and TTS studio — a self-hosted alternative to ElevenLabs. It runs entirely on your machine (macOS MLX/Metal, Windows/Linux CUDA, CPU fallback), exposes a REST API on localhost:17493, and ships with 5 TTS engines, 23 languages, post-processing effects, and a multi-track Stories editor.


Installation

Pre-built Binaries (Recommended)

PlatformLink
macOS Apple Siliconhttps://voicebox.sh/download/mac-arm
macOS Intelhttps://voicebox.sh/download/mac-intel
Windowshttps://voicebox.sh/download/windows
Dockerdocker compose up

Linux requires building from source: https://voicebox.sh/linux-install

Build from Source

Prerequisites: Bun, Rust, Python 3.11+, Tauri prerequisites

git clone https://github.com/jamiepine/voicebox.git
cd voicebox

# Install just task runner
brew install just        # macOS
cargo install just       # any platform

# Set up Python venv + all dependencies
just setup

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github.com/aradotso/trending-skills
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Apr 16, 2026

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