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# MeloTTS alternatives

*GraphCanon updated Jul 11, 2026*

Open-source alternatives to [MeloTTS](/tools/myshell-ai-melotts.md) in Speech & Audio.

## In short

Top alternatives to MeloTTS are Amphion and annyang, ranked by typed graph edges - speech-audio.

[MeloTTS](https://github.com/myshell-ai/MeloTTS) has 7.5k GitHub stars and 232 open issues, last pushed Dec 24, 2024 per [its repository](https://github.com/myshell-ai/MeloTTS). The top typed alternative, [Amphion](https://github.com/open-mmlab/Amphion), shows 9.9k stars and 822 forks, last pushed Mar 25, 2026.

## Same categories

- [Amphion](/tools/open-mmlab-amphion.md) - Amphion (/æmˈfaɪən/) is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. Its purpose is to support reproducible research and help junior researchers and engineers get started in the field of audio,  (★ 9,927) [Slowing]
- [annyang](/tools/talater-annyang.md) - 💬 Speech recognition for your site (★ 6,819) [Steady]
- [ASRT_SpeechRecognition](/tools/nl8590687-asrt-speechrecognition.md) - A Deep-Learning-Based Chinese Speech Recognition System 基于深度学习的中文语音识别系统 (★ 8,372) [Slowing]
- [AudioGPT](/tools/aigc-audio-audiogpt.md) - AudioGPT: Understanding and Generating Speech, Music, Sound, and Talking Head (★ 10,169) [Dormant]
- [Awesome-Prompt-Engineering](/tools/promptslab-awesome-prompt-engineering.md) - This repository contains a hand-curated resources for Prompt Engineering with a focus on Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT), ChatGPT, PaLM etc (★ 6,150) [Very active]
- [ChatTTS](/tools/2noise-chattts.md) - A generative speech model for daily dialogue (★ 39,593) [Slowing]
- [CosyVoice](/tools/funaudiollm-cosyvoice.md) - Multi-lingual large voice generation model with full-stack abilities for inference, training and deployment. (★ 22,089) [Steady]
- [datasets](/tools/huggingface-datasets.md) - 🤗 The largest hub of ready-to-use datasets for AI models with fast, easy-to-use and efficient data manipulation tools (★ 21,706) [Very active]
- [dia](/tools/nari-labs-dia.md) - A TTS model capable of generating ultra-realistic dialogue in one pass. (★ 19,340) [Slowing]
- [disco-diffusion](/tools/alembics-disco-diffusion.md) - disco-diffusion (★ 7,404) [Dormant]
- [edge-tts](/tools/rany2-edge-tts.md) - Use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from Python WITHOUT needing Microsoft Edge or Windows or an API key (★ 11,478) [Slowing]
- [EmotiVoice](/tools/netease-youdao-emotivoice.md) - EmotiVoice 😊: a Multi-Voice and Prompt-Controlled TTS Engine (★ 8,485) [Dormant]
- [espeak-ng](/tools/espeak-ng-espeak-ng.md) - eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents. (★ 6,634) [Active]
- [espnet](/tools/espnet-espnet.md) - End-to-End Speech Processing Toolkit (★ 9,886) [Very active]
- [faster-whisper](/tools/systran-faster-whisper.md) - Faster Whisper transcription with CTranslate2 (★ 24,214) [Slowing]
- [GPT-SoVITS](/tools/rvc-boss-gpt-sovits.md) - 1 min voice data can also be used to train a good TTS model! (few shot voice cloning) (★ 59,643) [Very active]
- [Handy](/tools/cjpais-handy.md) - A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline. (★ 26,254) [Very active]
- [kaldi](/tools/kaldi-asr-kaldi.md) - kaldi-asr/kaldi is the official location of the Kaldi project. (★ 15,424) [Slowing]
- [leon](/tools/leon-ai-leon.md) - 🧠 Leon is your open-source personal assistant. (★ 17,352) [Active]
- [llamafile](/tools/mozilla-ai-llamafile.md) - Distribute and run LLMs with a single file. (★ 25,361) [Active]
- [LocalAI](/tools/mudler-localai.md) - Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required. (★ 47,477) [Very active] _[Freemium]_
- [mastra](/tools/mastra-ai-mastra.md) - Modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents (★ 26,038) [Very active] _[Freemium]_
- [meetily](/tools/zackriya-solutions-meetily.md) - Privacy first, AI meeting assistant with local processing (★ 22,923) [Steady]
- [mlx-audio](/tools/blaizzy-mlx-audio.md) - A text-to-speech (TTS), speech-to-text (STT) and speech-to-speech (STS) library built on Apple's MLX framework, providing efficient speech analysis on Apple Silicon. (★ 7,525) [Very active]

## Head-to-head comparisons

- [MeloTTS vs Amphion](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-open-mmlab-amphion.md)
- [MeloTTS vs annyang](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-talater-annyang.md)
- [MeloTTS vs ASRT_SpeechRecognition](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-nl8590687-asrt-speechrecognition.md)
- [MeloTTS vs AudioGPT](/compare/aigc-audio-audiogpt-vs-myshell-ai-melotts.md)
- [MeloTTS vs Awesome-Prompt-Engineering](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-promptslab-awesome-prompt-engineering.md)
- [MeloTTS vs ChatTTS](/compare/2noise-chattts-vs-myshell-ai-melotts.md)
- [MeloTTS vs CosyVoice](/compare/funaudiollm-cosyvoice-vs-myshell-ai-melotts.md)
- [MeloTTS vs datasets](/compare/huggingface-datasets-vs-myshell-ai-melotts.md)

## When NOT to use MeloTTS

- Last GitHub push was 564 days ago (dormant maintenance, Dec 24, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on MeloTTS.

## Related alternatives hubs

- [LangChain alternatives](/tools/langchain-ai-langchain/alternatives.md)
- [LlamaIndex alternatives](/tools/run-llama-llama-index/alternatives.md)
- [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives.md)

## Common questions

### What are the best alternatives to MeloTTS?

Graph-backed alternatives to MeloTTS include Amphion, annyang, ASRT_SpeechRecognition, AudioGPT, Awesome-Prompt-Engineering. GraphCanon ranks them by typed relationship edges and constraint overlap from decision_facts - not marketing votes or raw star sort.

### How does GraphCanon rank MeloTTS alternatives?

Direct alternative and successor edges from the knowledge graph come first, ordered by edge type and shared constraint facets (persona, runtime, hosting). Category neighbours fill the list only after curated edges. Stars are shown for context, not as the primary sort.

### When should I avoid MeloTTS?

Last GitHub push was 564 days ago (dormant maintenance, Dec 24, 2024). Validate activity before betting a new project on MeloTTS.

### Is MeloTTS open source?

Yes. MeloTTS is an open-source project on GitHub under the MIT license, with 7,535 stars.

### What is MeloTTS used for?

High-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library by MyShell.ai. Support English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

### What category is MeloTTS in?

MeloTTS is categorized under Speech & Audio in the GraphCanon knowledge graph.

### How do MeloTTS alternatives compare head-to-head?

Each alternative has a neutral compare page against MeloTTS, for example [Amphion vs MeloTTS](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-open-mmlab-amphion), [annyang vs MeloTTS](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-talater-annyang), [ASRT_SpeechRecognition vs MeloTTS](/compare/myshell-ai-melotts-vs-nl8590687-asrt-speechrecognition). Stats come from live GitHub metadata.

### Is there a machine-readable alternatives list?

Yes. The markdown twin at [MeloTTS alternatives](/tools/myshell-ai-melotts/alternatives.md) lists direct alternatives and same-category tools with internal links to each tool markdown page.

### Where are other high-intent alternatives hubs?

Related P0 OSS-vs-OSS hubs: [LangChain alternatives](/tools/langchain-ai-langchain/alternatives), [LlamaIndex alternatives](/tools/run-llama-llama-index/alternatives), [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives). Vector-database intent (including Pinecone-style queries) is covered at [Qdrant alternatives](/tools/qdrant-qdrant/alternatives).

### Where can I see maintenance and security signals for MeloTTS?

GraphCanon publishes a sourced trust report for MeloTTS at [MeloTTS trust report](/tools/myshell-ai-melotts/trust) - maintenance posture, fork provenance, and dependency/MCP scan status with methodology tags. Not a safety grade.

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=myshell-ai-melotts`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=myshell-ai-melotts)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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