Linux support

[ZodiacFRA]

Hi!

The readme states:

It extends the performance and feature set of WhisperKit from Apple platforms to Android and (soon) Linux.

I was wondering if you had a date for the Linux release? :)
Thanks for you work, have a great day

[bpkeene]

Hi ZodiacFRA,

We are adding initial (CPU) Linux support imminently, and appreciate your interest in the project :)

Please keep a look out in the coming days!

[ZodiacFRA]

Thank you for your work :)
Can you share if you plan to use tflite models as well for the Linux version?

Merry Christmas

[keith4ever]

Hi @ZodiacFRA ,

For Linux version, we use the exact same model binary (.tflite) file, therefore you don't need to download it again.

[ZodiacFRA]

Nice, do you happen to know if Whisper's Tflite models can be run on Qualcomm's DSP || HTP || GPU with Linux?

I tried to do it last year and it wasn't possible at the time because of the dynamic tensor shapes limitations, is that not longer the case?

[keith4ever]

As far as we know, it's either HTP (QNN) or just falling back to GPU which is accelerated by TFLite framework.
It may use DSP core but there is no way we can tell, as it is done in QualCom's library.

I do not know about dynamic tensor shape.. we're only using static shape with Whisper models, so please check it out.

[Alex2025Job]

Hi, any updates for linux release? is there a repo for it?

[keith4ever]

Hi @SongLi89 ,

The native Linux (x86) is supported. Please git pull to ToT main and try these:

make clean all
make env
make download-models
make build linux
make test linux

please note that ‘make build linux’ and ‘make test linux’ has to be done in Docker env.