hexgrad · Apache 2.0

Kokoro

A tiny 82M voice model with 54 preset voices in 8 languages. Runs on almost anything, even without a graphics card.

How much memory it needs

Memory to run each model, from its model card or the size of its files. Smaller versions trade some quality for less memory.

ModelVersionNeedsBusiness use
Kokoro-82M8-bit ONNX0.09 GBAllowed
FP320.4 GB

Which computers run it

The best model in this group for each machine.

ComputerBest versionFit
Laptop or PC, no graphics card, 32 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX 4060 · 8 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX 3060 · 12 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX 5060 Ti · 16 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX 4090 · 24 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX 5090 · 32 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Mac with M4 · 16 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Mac with M4 Pro · 48 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Mac with M5 Max · 128 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Ryzen AI Max+ 395 · 128 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
DGX Spark · 128 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
RTX PRO 6000 · 96 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Mac Studio with M5 Ultra · 256 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great
Mac Studio with M3 Ultra · 512 GBKokoro-82M FP32Runs great

What it is good and bad at

Good at

  • Tiny and fast
  • Runs on CPU
  • Apache 2.0

Not good at

  • No voice cloning

Start it

  • Kokoro-82M: runs in kokoro (PyTorch) (also kokoro-onnx, Transformers.js (ONNX), MLX (mlx-community)). Model card