How do I deploy Faster Whisper on Railway?

You can deploy Faster Whisper on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: faster-whisper-3d8a791f, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Faster Whisper with Railway

100% Private Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech. One-click deploy, ready in 2 minutes. Your audio never leaves your server — unlike OpenAI, Google, or AssemblyAI. No Docker knowledge needed. Includes 52 natural voices and 100+ languages.

About Hosting Faster Whisper

With cloud transcription services, every audio file is uploaded to someone else's servers. With Faster Whisper on Railway, your audio is processed locally and never sent to any third party. No vendor training on your data. Full compliance control for GDPR, HIPAA, and data residency requirements.

This template deploys a complete speech platform: Speech-to-Text transcription with subtitle generation (SRT/VTT), plus Text-to-Speech with 52 natural voices across 9 languages. It includes a polished web interface for browser use and an OpenAI-compatible REST API for programmatic access. API key authentication is auto-configured on deploy.

	This Template	OpenAI Whisper API	Google Speech-to-Text
Data privacy	Your server only	Uploaded to OpenAI	Uploaded to Google
Data training	Never	May be used per ToS	May be used per ToS
Pricing	~$7-15/mo flat	$0.006/min (usage)	$0.006-0.009/min
Setup time	2 minutes	API key signup	Console + billing
API format	OpenAI-compatible	OpenAI	Google
Text-to-Speech	52 voices included	Separate API	Separate API

Common Use Cases

Confidential transcription — medical, legal, or financial recordings stay on your server
Subtitle generation — create SRT/VTT files for video, YouTube, and social media
Text-to-Speech — generate spoken audio with 52 natural voices across 9 languages
Voice-to-text for apps — add speech recognition to any application via a simple OpenAI-compatible API call
AI agent audio processing — give AI agents the ability to process voice inputs and generate speech

Dependencies for Faster Whisper Hosting

Faster Whisper — CTranslate2-based speech recognition engine (MIT, 20.9k GitHub stars)
Speaches — OpenAI-compatible API server (MIT, 2.9k stars)
Kokoro TTS — lightweight ONNX text-to-speech model with 52 voices (Apache 2.0)
Volume storage — caches downloaded AI models (~300 MB for default configuration)

Deployment Dependencies

Speaches — API server
Faster Whisper — STT engine
Kokoro TTS — TTS model
Whisper Models — speech recognition models
Docker Image: ghcr.io/speaches-ai/speaches:0.9.0-rc.3-cpu

Why Deploy Faster Whisper on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Faster Whisper on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.