Hexgrad (Kokoro)

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December 2025

Hexgrad (Kokoro)
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Kokoro TTS

Kokoro TTS: 82M-param Apache 2 model hits #1 on TTS Arena

Kokoro, a tiny 82M parameter text-to-speech model, went viral in January after hitting #1 on TTS Arena. Released under Apache 2.0 and small enough to run in the browser, it showed that high-quality speech synthesis no longer required huge models.