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Kokoro 82M requirements, license & speed

By hexgrad · released 2024-12-26 · 82M parameters

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Commercial useYes
Min memoryNot stated
Runs on CPUUnknown
StreamingUnknown

Key facts

License
apache-2.0 source
Commercial use
Yes source
Apache-2.0; card welcomes production/commercial deployment
Parameters
82M source
Minimum memory
Not stated by source
Runs on CPU
Unknown
Streaming
Unknown
Voice cloning
Unknown
Languages
en-US, en-GB, es, fr, hi, it, ja, pt-BR, zh source
HF metadata lists only en; lang codes from the kokoro package README
Released
2024-12-26 source
Hugging Face repo creation date (proxy for release date)
Gated on HF
No

Measured speed & memory

Benchmark pending. We haven't measured Kokoro 82M yet. Planned targets: CPU (8 vCPU), Apple Silicon Mac, RTX-class consumer GPU and a rented cloud GPU. Get notified.

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