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

chatterbox-fp16

Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 4923fccSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓

Text to speech model with 644M parameters. Safetensors weights, 2.58 GB in all. Published by mlx-community under Apache-2.0.

644M params2.58GBchatterbox-fp16safetensorspermissive
FactsParams644MSize2.58 GBFormatssafetensorsTasktext to speechLicenseApache-2.0From sourcepermissive
$ fw get mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
# manifest sha256 e631b808dc4b… · 2.58 GB · 7 files
$ fw verify ./chatterbox-fp16 mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
From sourceHosted (signed)mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16Last check: 2026-11-15 03:22 UTC
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Overview

Size
2.58 GB
Weights
2.57 GB (safetensors)
Parameters
644M
Formats
safetensors
Task
text to speech
License
Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Files
7, 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-fp16#

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-fp16 --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-fp16")
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-fp16",
    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-fp16",
    lang_code="pt",
    file_prefix="multilingual_output",
)
Supported Languages#
CodeLanguageCodeLanguageCodeLanguage
arArabicheHebrewnoNorwegian
daDanishhiHindiplPolish
deGermanitItalianptPortuguese
elGreekjaJapaneseruRussian
enEnglishkoKoreansvSwedish
esSpanishmsMalayswSwahili
fiFinnishnlDutchtrTurkish
frFrenchzhChinese

Files

7 files · 2.58 GBWeights 2.57 GB (safetensors). Sizes and sha256 from the signed manifest.
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.gitattributes1.52 KB11ad7efa24975ee4b0c3c3a38ed18737f0658a5f75a0a96787b576a78a023361
Cangjie5_TC.json1.92 MB7073fd9de919443ae88e0bd2449917a65fe54898a4413ed1edcc4b67f28bce8c
README.md2.49 KB34b739a691ce529e53ea2766003090bb567a8885dfbeb61295a043fad84be393
conds.safetensors105 KB709e5a7fa80e010a011c8244f553853aed7a49c106fff54008fbd89a0f5a6148
config.json121 B022fb7f8158c59ee2947459404621a1ddf026f2cb300087db03e0f630b4ca299
model.safetensors2.57 GB8455018319208ce1dc9098536187e6439b735fb8f2939709efee2af250689c38
tokenizer.json70.0 KBdf81a7ca7c31796cbe97f7a7142d5a53b12e88e12417ebe98f66602cafaf0461
VersionsEach time the pinned upstream commit or file list changed in this repo. Newest first.
Upstream commitDateContents
4923fcca09 pinned now2026-11-15 03:22 UTC7 files · 2.58 GB

Use it

$ fw get mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
# manifest sha256 e631b808dc4b… · 2.58 GB · 7 files
$ fw verify ./chatterbox-fp16 mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
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-fp16.json --dir ./chatterbox-fp16 $ python3 fw.py verify ./chatterbox-fp16 ./mlx-community__chatterbox-fp16.json
hfThe Hugging Face CLI with one setting. Same repo id.
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16 --revision 4923fcca09086356aeab5191a2348c5a17a23694 --local-dir ./chatterbox-fp16
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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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Provenance

From: mlx-community <huggingface.co/mlx-community>Newsgroups: alt.freeweights.speechSubject: chatterbox-fp16Date: 2026-11-15Commit: 4923fccSigned: 2DC28CC7B26A283B ✓
Upstream
mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
Pinned commit
4923fcca09086356aeab5191a2348c5a17a23694
Manifest
chatterbox-fp16.json · .minisig
Manifest sha256
e631b808dc4b3f663a4d0c6b1811baf7e9fd29fb56eaacd043d6739bdbb81eea
Signature
minisign, Ed25519, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B
Created
2026-11-15 03:22 UTC
Generator
freeweights-manifest/0.1.0
Takedowns
None.

How to verify

$ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16.json $ curl -O https://freeweights.allternit.com/manifests/mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16.json.minisig $ minisign -Vm chatterbox-fp16.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 finetune of it

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Download
$ HF_ENDPOINT=https://freeweights.allternit.com hf download mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16
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Signed manifest
minisign, key 2DC28CC7B26A283B. chatterbox-fp16.json. Provenance. Takedown history: none.
Source
huggingface.co/mlx-community/chatterbox-fp16

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