Kokoro-82M (kokoro), released 2025-01
Task: Text to speech
Parameters: 0.082B
Mixture-of-experts: no
Precision: fp32 / ONNX int8
Recommended memory:
gb: 1
quant: fp32
Runs on CPU: yes
Device classes: mac, nvidia, amd, laptop, iphone, android
Tools: kokoro (Python), ONNX Runtime, Kokoro-FastAPI, CoreML
Model license: Apache-2.0 (commercial use: yes)
Notes: Tiny 82M StyleTTS2-based voice model with surprisingly good quality. Weights ~326MB (fp32), under 1GB for CPU inference; CoreML process peak ~1.5GB on Apple Silicon; ~2-3GB on a CUDA GPU. Confirmed on-device iPhone/iPad (CoreML, Apple Neural Engine) and Android (ONNX int8). Apache-2.0, commercial OK. Sources: HF card, FluidInference CoreML port, Kokoro-FastAPI, Android demo.