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From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject:

chatterbox-8bit

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 9617d61Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text to speech model with 693M parameters. Safetensors weights, 933 MB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

693M params933MBchatterbox-8bitsafetensorspermissive
FactsParams693MSize933 MBFormatssafetensorsTasktext to speechLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
# manifest sha256 0b588aa4dfa9… · 933 MB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./chatterbox-8bit mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/chatterbox-8bitLast check: 2026-11-15 05:09 UTC
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Overview

Size
933 MB
Weights
928 MB (safetensors)
Parameters
693M
Formats
safetensors
Task
text to speech
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
10, each with a sha256
Publisher
mlx-community
Added
2026-11-15
Section
alt.freeweights.speech
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Base model: ResembleAI/chatterbox

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mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit#

This model was converted to MLX format from ResembleAI/chatterbox using mlx-audio version 0.2.7. Refer to the original model card for more details on the model.

Use with mlx#

pip install -U mlx-audio
CLI Example:#
python -m mlx_audio.tts.generate --model mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit --text "Hello, this is a test."
Python Example:#
from mlx_audio.tts.utils import load_model
from mlx_audio.tts.generate import generate_audio
model = load_model("mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit")
generate_audio(
    model=model, text="Hello, this is a test.",
    file_prefix="test_audio",
)
Voice Cloning:#
from mlx_audio.tts.generate import generate_audio

generate_audio(
    text="Hello, this is a test of Chatterbox TTS.",
    model="mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit",
    ref_audio="path_to_file.wav",
    ref_text="Text transcript", # Optional
    file_prefix="vc_output",
)

Multilingual Quickstart#

Generate speech in 23 languages by specifying the lang_code parameter. The model automatically handles pronunciation, intonation, and language-specific phonemes.

from mlx_audio.tts.generate import generate_audio

generate_audio(
    text="Olá, tudo bem?",
    model="mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit",
    lang_code="pt",
    file_prefix="multilingual_output",
)
Supported Languages#
CodeLanguageCodeLanguageCodeLanguage
arArabicheHebrewnoNorwegian
daDanishhiHindiplPolish
deGermanitItalianptPortuguese
elGreekjaJapaneseruRussian
enEnglishkoKoreansvSwedish
esSpanishmsMalayswSwahili
fiFinnishnlDutchtrTurkish
frFrenchzhChinese

Files

10 files · 933 MBWeights 928 MB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
Hide all 10 files with their sha256
FileSizesha256
.gitattributes1.56 KB73b4221dd26d36797b93ed5bc49bb5435507ac340e39d4ad6325976d187fb73f
Cangjie5_TC.json1.92 MB7073fd9de919443ae88e0bd2449917a65fe54898a4413ed1edcc4b67f28bce8c
README.md2.49 KB2b8b2127b51f05a7db719426cecc84095840d25264b23f4b7712a630723a1dfd
conds.safetensors105 KB709e5a7fa80e010a011c8244f553853aed7a49c106fff54008fbd89a0f5a6148
config.json336 Bb52886e6c0d2c9f32bda2507c5154742c359eed20b7cacffac1c57aa45328251
ko.wav326 KB7f841587b1f264b8a3183ee7e1cf06e74d50c9ecb8711af282e9c9e8c34ca2f0
model.safetensors928 MBca3de1b7592d6c00850e9b81a93b5a130135fa52250c5649671dd1df30a0aab2
model.safetensors.index.json356 KBbc865294257de937442a2634b263fc5d0ac8fcd0ca100e25d82c83ae60ed1aea
models--ResembleAI--chatterbox/snapshots/05e904af2b5c7f8e482687a9d7336c5c824467d9/Cangjie5_TC.json1.92 MB7073fd9de919443ae88e0bd2449917a65fe54898a4413ed1edcc4b67f28bce8c
tokenizer.json70.0 KBdf81a7ca7c31796cbe97f7a7142d5a53b12e88e12417ebe98f66602cafaf0461
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
9617d61b59 pinned now2026-11-15 05:09 UTC10 files · 933 MB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
# manifest sha256 0b588aa4dfa9… · 933 MB · 10 files
$ fw verify ./chatterbox-8bit mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
fw.pyChecks the signature and every sha256, tries each source in order, resumes.
$ python3 fw.py get https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit.json --dir ./chatterbox-8bit $ python3 fw.py verify ./chatterbox-8bit ./mlx-community__chatterbox-8bit.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit --revision 9617d61b596a03d1bed766a28c341680e993a1b9 --local-dir ./chatterbox-8bit
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License

Name
Apache License 2.0
Id
Apache-2.0
Class
Permissive
Redistribution
yes
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Hosted (signed)
Decided
License as declared by the publisher. No person read it. 2026-11-15
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README.md
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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: chatterbox-8bitDate: 2026-11-15Commit: 9617d61Signed: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
Pinned commit
9617d61b596a03d1bed766a28c341680e993a1b9
Manifest
chatterbox-8bit.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
0b588aa4dfa9aeaa49764e10987cc1a4c335ceb6804712f03b70221ce902f3b8
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 05:09 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm chatterbox-8bit.json -P RWQ7KGqyx4zCLXtUFOqvfv8L3g+8fpKJ1FsuxPyOYMF+4KufbUxKq1Oq $ shasum -a 256 <file> # compare with the Files tab

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Parent

ResembleAI/chatterbox · this model is a quantization of it

No model in the catalog names this one as its parent.

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Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit
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Pull, verify and run it in the Allternit app on Desktop, web or phone.

Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. chatterbox-8bit.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/chatterbox-8bit

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