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How to install on Windows

ggml-org/whisper.cpp

Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++

C/C++ (CMake)#inference#openai#speech-recognition#speech-to-text

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Yes, it installs on your Windows

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b4938 · 8/20/2026 ↗

whisper-bin-Win32.zip

zip · 32-bit · 5.3 MB · 1,017 downloads · best match

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/download/b4938/whisper-bin-Win32.zip" -OutFile "whisper-bin-Win32.zip"
Expand-Archive "whisper-bin-Win32.zip" -DestinationPath .

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whisper-blas-bin-Win32.zip

zip · 32-bit · 12.4 MB · 357 downloads

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/releases/download/b4938/whisper-blas-bin-Win32.zip" -OutFile "whisper-blas-bin-Win32.zip"
Expand-Archive "whisper-blas-bin-Win32.zip" -DestinationPath .

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Parts list

1×C/C++ compiler runtime
1×CMake 3.5runtime
1×FFmpeg tool

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