What does Piper replace?

Piper is a free alternative to ElevenLabs ($72/yr).

Is Piper open source?

Yes. Piper is licensed under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Yes (AUR: piper-tts-bin; Flathub: org.freedesktop.Piper). Install with: yay -S piper-tts-bin or flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Piper.

There's nothing to host: Piper is a command-line tool that runs on your own machine.

A free, open-source alternative to ElevenLabs. Switching saves $72/yr at list price.

Checked Oct 17, 2026 · How we check

Command line

Partly replaces it Active Open source · GPL-3.0 Linux Arch/AUR

OHF-Voice/piper1-gpl5.9k★last push Oct 17, 2026checked Oct 17, 2026

Fast offline text-to-speech, but its voices sound clearly synthetic next to ElevenLabs and it can't clone voices.

Install

$ yay -S piper-tts-bin

$ flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Piper

What does Piper replace?: Piper is a free alternative to ElevenLabs ($72/yr).
Is Piper open source?: Yes. Piper is licensed under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.
Does Piper run on Linux?: Yes (AUR: piper-tts-bin; Flathub: org.freedesktop.Piper). Install with: yay -S piper-tts-bin or flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Piper.
Can you self-host Piper?: There's nothing to host: Piper is a command-line tool that runs on your own machine.