# Open-source alternatives to Whisper AI Transcribe

Whisper AI Transcribe is a whisper AI Transcribe is an audio-to-text workspace for teams that turns meetings, recordings, and videos into editable transcripts, summaries, speaker labels, and subtitles. If you would rather own the software, keep data on your own server or avoid per-seat pricing, these open-source tools tackle the same problem: run better meetings. Meetings are where decisions happen and then get forgotten. Capture them automatically and turn them into actions.

## Also open source in Run better meetings
- [Cal.com (open source)](https://infinioffice.com/tools/cal-com-open-source/): Open scheduling infrastructure: booking pages, round-robin and routing you can self-host. (https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy)
- [Whisper](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisper/): OpenAI's open speech-recognition model: transcribe calls, meetings and videos. (https://github.com/openai/whisper)
- [WhisperX](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisperx/): Whisper with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization; great for captions. (https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX)
- [whisper.cpp](https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisper-cpp/): Fast C/C++ port of Whisper that runs transcription locally on a laptop. (https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp)
- [Jitsi Meet](https://infinioffice.com/tools/jitsi-meet/): Open-source video conferencing you can self-host or embed. (https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet)
- [Vexa](https://infinioffice.com/tools/vexa/): Open-source meeting transcription API with auto-join bots for Meet, Teams and Zoom, plus an MCP server. (https://github.com/Vexa-ai/vexa)

## Hosted vs open source

Open source swaps a subscription for setup time. Whisper AI Transcribe is hosted, supported and updated for you; with the tools below you (or someone you hire) install, update, back up and secure them. 4 of the 6 with a setup rating here need a developer. Most can also be bought as a hosted cloud plan from the same maintainers, which is a good middle path. Check each licence before you build on it.

Whisper AI Transcribe on InfiniOffice: https://infinioffice.com/tools/whisper-ai-transcribe/