| Port details |
- whisper.cpp Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
- 1.8.4 audio
 =0      1.8.2.407Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: yuri@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2025-09-04 07:36:12
- Last Update: 2026-05-26 05:59:26
- Commit Hash: db7a2da
- License: MIT
- WWW:
- https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
- Description:
- High-performance inference of OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition
(ASR) model:
Features:
* Plain C/C++ implementation without dependencies
* Apple Silicon first-class citizen - optimized via ARM NEON, Accelerate
framework, Metal and Core ML
* AVX intrinsics support for x86 architectures
* VSX intrinsics support for POWER architectures
* Mixed F16 / F32 precision
* Integer quantization support
* Zero memory allocations at runtime
* Vulkan support
* Support for CPU-only inference
* Efficient GPU support for NVIDIA
* OpenVINO Support
* Ascend NPU Support
* Moore Threads GPU Support
* C-style API
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
-
- whisper.cpp>0:audio/whisper.cpp
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/audio/whisper.cpp/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install audio/whisper.cpp
- pkg install whisper.cpp
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: whisper.cpp
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1779774385
SHA256 (ggerganov-whisper.cpp-v1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = b26f30e52c095ccb75da40b168437736605eb280de57381887bf9e2b65f31e66
SIZE (ggerganov-whisper.cpp-v1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 8206306
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- cmake : devel/cmake-core
- ninja : devel/ninja
- Library dependencies:
-
- libggml.so : misc/ggml
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for whisper.cpp-1.8.4:
EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- audio_whisper.cpp
- USES:
- cmake:testing
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- You installed whisper.cpp: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
In order to use whisper.cpp you should first download an AI model.
For example:
$ whisper.cpp-download-ggml-model.sh base.en
Then you can transcribe audio files using a command:
$ whisper-cli -m ggml-base.en.bin -f {sample}.wav
- Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 7
| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
1.8.4
26 May 2026 05:59:26
 |
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
audio/whisper.cpp: update 1.8.2-407 → 1.8.4 |
1.8.2.407_2
26 May 2026 05:59:26
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
misc/ggml: update 0.12.0 → 0.13.0 |
1.8.2.407_1
17 May 2026 08:52:34
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
misc/ggml: update 0.11.0 → 0.12.0 |
1.8.2.407
05 Jan 2026 16:41:38
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
audio/whisper.cpp: update 1.7.6 → 1.8.2.407 |
1.7.6_1
19 Sep 2025 02:02:04
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
misc/ggml: update g20250828 → g20250916 |
1.7.6
05 Sep 2025 05:08:29
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
audio/whisper.cpp: Fix tests when Vulkan is used |
1.7.6
04 Sep 2025 07:32:58
|
Yuri Victorovich (yuri) |
misc/whisper.cpp: New port: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++ |
Number of commits found: 7
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