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title: Install whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL) on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL) for on elementary
  OS - Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/whisper-cpp/elementary
---

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# Install whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL) on **elementary OS**

# whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL) (whisper-cpp)

[林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

* [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/whisper-cpp/elementary#install)

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

High-performance inference of OpenAI's Whisper automatic speech recognition (ASR) model.

Refer to the upstream project website for more info about this application:

```
 ggerganov/whisper.cpp: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
 https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
```

**Distribution-specific information**

This is NOT an official distribution of whisper.cpp, please file any issue
regarding the usage of this snap to the snap's own issue tracker:

```
 Issues · 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin / Unofficial snap packaging for whisper.cpp · GitLab
 https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues
```

The following commands are provided by this snap:

* `whisper-cpp.cli`: Corresponds to the `whisper-cli` command, which is the main CLI interface for whisper.cpp.
* `whisper-cpp.download-ggml-model`: Upstream utility script to download GGML models for whisper.cpp.
* `whisper-cpp.download-vad-model`: Upstream utility script to download VAD models for whisper.cpp.

You may run the following command in a terminal to setup the upstream preferred `whisper-cli` command:

```
 sudo snap alias whisper-cpp.cli whisper-cli
```

This snap only supports Vulkan-based GPU inference at the moment. As
for CPU inference, this snap is currently built against the x86\_64
baseline ABI on the amd64 architecture, which is very slow.

### Package name

* whisper-cpp

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 15 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 18 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap](https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap "https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap")

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### Contact

* [gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap](https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap "https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/brlin/whisper.cpp-snap/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/whisper-cpp/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL)

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL)

To install whisper.cpp (UNOFFICIAL), simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install whisper-cpp
```

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