Reference
CLI
Commands for models, speech, voices, and the local server. Start with wavhost pull, then run or serve.
Download weight layers into local storage and register the model, installing its backend engine if needed.
Examples
wavhost pull chatterbox-turbo
wavhost pull chatterbox-multilingual
wavhost pull qwen-0.6-customvoice
wavhost pull kokoro
wavhost pull qwen-0.6-base --force
wavhost pull chatterbox-turbo --skip-deps
Generate speech from text using a local model.
-o, --output
Output WAV path (default output.wav)
--voice
Saved voice, reference audio path, or named speaker (Qwen: Ryan, Aiden, …; Kokoro: af_heart, bm_george, …)
--language, -l
Multilingual ISO (en, fr, zh, …), Qwen names (English, …), or Kokoro ISO / voice prefix
--device
cuda, cpu, or mps
Examples
wavhost run chatterbox-turbo "Welcome to Wavhost" -o welcome.wav
wavhost run chatterbox-turbo "Hello" --voice my-voice -o hello.wav
wavhost run chatterbox-turbo "Hello" --voice /path/to/audio.wav -o hello.wav
wavhost run qwen-0.6-customvoice "Hello" --voice Ryan -o qwen.wav
wavhost run qwen-0.6-base "Hello" --voice /path/to/audio.wav -o clone.wav
wavhost run chatterbox-multilingual "Bonjour" --language fr -o fr.wav
wavhost run kokoro "Hello from Kokoro" --voice af_heart -o hello.wav
Voice
Create a saved voice from reference audio.
Example
Trywavhost voice create narrator --ref voice.wav --desc "Professional narrator" voice listList saved voices
voice showShow voice details
wavhost voice show narratorvoice rmRemove a voice (-y skips confirm)
wavhost voice rm narrator -y
Start the local API server.
Examples
wavhost serve
wavhost serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload
Models & uninstall
listInstalled models + registry
showModel details and named voices
wavhost rm chatterbox-turbo -yuninstallPurge ~/.wavhost (--keep-data / -y)
Remove the package with pip uninstall wavhost. Optional engines: pip uninstall chatterbox-tts qwen-tts kokoro.