Wake Word Python Packages

pvporcupine

On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

ovos-ww-plugin-vosk

vosk wake word plugin for OpenVoiceOS

nanowakeword

A lightweight, wake word detection engine. Train custom, high-accuracy models with minimal effort.

ovos-ww-plugin-openwakeword

A wakeword plugin for OpenVoiceOS for the openWakeWord library

hivemind-voice-relay

HiveMind voice relay — local wake word, remote STT/TTS via the hivemind-audio-binary-protocol plugin

hivemind-voice-sat

OVOS voice satellite for HiveMind — full on-device voice stack (microphone, VAD, wake word, STT, TTS)

voxpulse

A lightweight CNN-based framework to train custom wake words offline. Features automated data augmentation, dynamic pathing, and RMS silence gating

violawake

Open-source wake word SDK — production TemporalCNN model, 8-phase training pipeline, ONNX inference, Python-first. The open alternative to Porcupine.

chuchote

Local-first, hands-free voice assistant for Ollama — wake word, whisper STT, Piper TTS, barge-in. No cloud, ever.

voiceprocessingtoolkit

The VoiceProcessingToolkit is an all-encompassing suite designed for sophisticated voice detection, wake word recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and advanced audio processing. It offers intuitive interfaces to streamline the integration of voice processing capabilities into your applications

hey-claude

Say "Hey Claude" out loud and it dispatches a background coding agent — a fully on-device macOS voice wake word (openWakeWord + MLX Whisper on Apple Silicon). Drives any agent CLI, not just Claude.

ovos-ww-plugin-precise-lite

A wake word plugin for OpenVoiceOS

pvporcupinedemo

On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

ovos-ww-plugin-pocketsphinx

OpenVoiceOS plugin for detecting wakewords with pocketsphinx

heed-wakeword

Tiny, custom, on-device wake-word detection. Train your own in seconds, deploy anywhere (Python / browser / mobile).

voxrt-wake-word

On-device wake-phrase detection for Linux aarch64 — one glibc-2.17 .so behind Python (PyPI wheel), Node.js (npm), Go (go get), C/C++ (tarball + CMake), Rust. RTF 0.053 on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Same runtime as voxrt-wake-word-{android,ios}.

wyoming-ovos-wakeword

Wyoming Server for OpenVoiceOS Wake Word plugins

local-wake

Lightweight local wake word detection that recognizes phrases with just a few user-provided recordings. No model training required.

ppnrespeakerdemo

On-device wake word detection powered by deep learning

ovos-ww-plugin-precise

mycroft plugin for detecting wake word with precise

ovos-wake-word-plugin-pocketsphinx

OpenVoiceOS plugin for detecting wakewords with pocketsphinx

ovos-ww-plugin-snowboy

snowboy plugin for mycroft

chatterbox-wake-word-plugin-dummy

disable wake words in mycroft, only button press for listening