tts — independent software & tools

10 independent tts listings the big search engines bury.

• readest-lite

  github · Free · by cshdotcom

  Single-container self-hostable Readest fork — SQLite + local FS, no Supabase, no paywall

• aurum

  github · Free · by joe-broadhead

  Speech both ways. On-device by default. Local STT + TTS CLI, aurum-core, aurum-ffi.

• open-reader

  github · Free · by lornezhang66

  Obsidian local TTS plugin for reading Markdown notes aloud with an offline text-to-speech CLI.

• voicegateway

  github · Free · by mahimailabs

  Drop-in observability and cost-control layer for LiveKit voice agents

• AI-Audio-Content-Creator

  github · Free · by Porkchopautochthon314

  Transform text into professional audio and podcasts using automated voice synthesis tools.

• sayeth

  github · Free · by rachelbaker

  Spoken output for coding agents. Free and local by default via macOS say; ElevenLabs when you want the good voice.

• movie-narrator

  github · Free · by zcbacxc

  🎬 Generate narrated movie recap videos from a single prompt.

• omnius

  npm · Free · by robit

  AI coding agent powered by open-source models (Ollama/vLLM) — interactive TUI with agentic tool-calling loop

• claude-voice

  github · Free · by Null-Phnix

  Local TTS voice mode for Claude Code with word highlighting and no cloud APIs.

• @lobehub/chat

  npm · Free · by lobehubbot

  Lobe Chat - an open-source, high-performance chatbot framework that supports speech synthesis, multimodal, and extensible Function Call plugin system. Supports one-click free deployment of your private ChatGPT/LLM web application.