Voice cloning
from 6-second reference
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OpenVoicepro
OpenVoice is MyShell's instant voice cloning model — clone any voice from a 6-second sample, generate speech in 17+ languages with that voice + custom emotion/accent/rhythm. The most flexible open voice clone with strong cross-lingual support.
// What it is
A closer look.
OpenVoice is MyShell's instant voice cloning model — clone any voice from a 6-second sample, generate speech in 17+ languages with that voice + custom emotion/accent/rhythm. The most flexible open voice clone with strong cross-lingual support.
When you need to control voice + style independently, OpenVoice is the most powerful open option.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick OpenVoice over the SaaS alternative.
Cross-lingual generation
clone English speaker, say in French / Chinese / Italian / etc.
Style transfer
change emotion, accent, rhythm independently of voice
Multi-lingual product demos
same voice, multiple languages
Character voices
for games / animation
Branded TTS
your own voice → multilingual content
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, OpenVoice is a strong fit out of the box.
Voice product builders
(audiobooks, podcasts, demos)
Game studios
producing character voices
Educational platforms
with multilingual narration
Marketing teams
producing localized voice content
AI assistants
with custom branded voices
// Differentiators
Why teams pick OpenVoice.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which OpenVoice consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓MIT license — fully open
- ✓Best cross-lingual quality — in open voice cloning
- ✓Style transfer — independent of voice (emotion/accent/rhythm)
- ✓MyShell backing — well-funded development
- ✓17+ languages — out of box
- ✓Faster than XTTS — by ~30%
- ✓More flexible — than F5-TTS for cross-lingual
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug OpenVoice into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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Gradio web UI
included
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MeloTTS integration
improved synthesis
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HuggingFace integration
model versions tracked
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Pair with
Whisper for voice chat loop
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Pair with
SD for "talking avatar" workflows (combine with SadTalker)
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API mode
via Gradio
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 32k+ GitHub stars
- MyShell corporate backing
- Featured in major voice AI roundups
- Active fine-tuning community
- Multiple commercial deployments with consent workflows
What we ship
- Cloned
myshell-ai/OpenVoicerepo + MeloTTS integrated - pytorch CUDA 12.4 base + ffmpeg + libsndfile1
- Unidic Japanese dictionary downloaded
- Gradio launcher (
openvoice_app.py) - Persistent volumes: repo, checkpoints (~2 GB), speakers (your refs), outputs
- Port 7880 mapped
- Install report at
/root/bluixapps/openvoice.txt - Acceptable Use Policy prominently noted
- Cross-lingual examples
- OpenVoice vs XTTS / F5-TTS comparison
- Pairing suggestions (Whisper voice chat, SadTalker avatars)
- GPU pre-flight check via
bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime - Backup hook covers checkpoints + speakers + outputs
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Reference voice
6-30 seconds, clean speech, low noise
// SECURITY
Cross-lingual
works best when source + target both have phoneme overlap
// OPERATIONS
Style transfer
change emotion via prompts ("excited", "calm", "professional")
// RELIABILITY
VRAM
8 GB GPU recommended
// DEPLOYMENT
Output
24 kHz audio (commercial-grade)
// SCALING
Production
API mode, rate limiting via gateway
// MAINTENANCE
OpenVoice vs XTTS
// COSTS
OpenVoice vs F5-TTS
8192
// min ram (MB)
10
// min disk (GB)
7880
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
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Project resources
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