mannix/ kittentts:mini-0.8

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KittenTTS Mini 0.8 · audio.cpp engine · 8 English voices · mp3 at 24 kHz

ollama run mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8

curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat \
  -d '{
    "model": "mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

from ollama import chat

response = chat(
    model='mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8',
    messages=[{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Hello!'}],
)
print(response.message.content)

import ollama from 'ollama'

const response = await ollama.chat({
  model: 'mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8',
  messages: [{role: 'user', content: 'Hello!'}],
})
console.log(response.message.content)

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json

{"version":7,"media":{"tts":{"engine":"audiocpp","model":"sha256:8f015d32f30cab7b9eebdebb244b0124cfd

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KittenTTS Mini 0.8 — English text to speech, for xOllama

KittenTTS Mini 0.8 (GGUF) · audio.cpp engine · 8 English voices · mp3 at 24 kHz · OpenAI /v1/audio/speech

Runs on xOllama, not on stock ollama. Stock ollama pulls this model but cannot show or run it: it carries only media engines. It needs: - an opencoti engine with the audio.cpp sidecar (dev build 2610030147001/b112 or later, set with XOLLAMA_ENGINE_PATH; the engine pinned by the current xOllama release has no media engines and refuses the model at load); - an xOllama built on or after 2026-10-03. audio.cpp tells a GGUF by its file name, and earlier builds hand it the model under its blob name, which it refuses.

Eight English voices from a small model. audio.cpp runs it on the CPU, so it needs no GPU. KittenTTS is not deterministic: the same text and voice can come back slightly different each time.

Use

xollama pull mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8
curl http://localhost:22434/v1/audio/speech \
  -d '{"model": "mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8", "input": "The first ship came in at dawn.", "voice": "nova"}' -o speech.mp3
xollama media voices mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8

Voices

Without a voice the template uses Bella.

OpenAI	KittenTTS
`alloy`	`Bella`
`echo`	`Jasper`
`fable`	`Hugo`
`onyx`	`Bruno`
`nova`	`Luna`
`shimmer`	`Rosie`

Measured

On bs2 (opencoti b112, audio.cpp on the CPU, 16 threads), a 21-word sentence:


first request, engine start included	6.4 s
output	9.8 s of mp3, 128 kbps, 24 kHz mono
Whisper large-v3 turbo on the output	word for word, default voice and `nova`

Tags

Tag	Weights	Size
`mini-0.8`	`kitten-tts-mini-0.8-orig.gguf`	302 MB

Source

GGUF: audio-cpp/audio.cpp-gguf · License: Apache-2.0. Docs: xOllama media.

# KittenTTS Mini 0.8 — English text to speech, for xOllama

**KittenTTS Mini 0.8 (GGUF) · audio.cpp engine · 8 English voices · mp3 at 24 kHz · OpenAI `/v1/audio/speech`**

> **Runs on [xOllama](https://github.com/mann1x/xollama), not on stock ollama.** Stock ollama pulls this model but cannot show or run it: it carries only media engines. It needs:
> - an [opencoti](https://huggingface.co/ManniX-ITA/opencoti-llamafile) engine with the audio.cpp sidecar (dev build `2610030147001`/b112 or later, set with `XOLLAMA_ENGINE_PATH`; the engine pinned by the current xOllama release has no media engines and refuses the model at load);
> - an xOllama built on or after 2026-10-03. audio.cpp tells a GGUF by its file name, and earlier builds hand it the model under its blob name, which it refuses.

Eight English voices from a small model. audio.cpp runs it on the CPU, so it needs no GPU. KittenTTS is not deterministic: the same text and voice can come back slightly different each time.

## Use

```shell
xollama pull mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8
curl http://localhost:22434/v1/audio/speech \
  -d '{"model": "mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8", "input": "The first ship came in at dawn.", "voice": "nova"}' -o speech.mp3
xollama media voices mannix/kittentts:mini-0.8
```

## Voices

Without a `voice` the template uses **`Bella`**.

| OpenAI | KittenTTS |
|---|---|
| `alloy` | `Bella` |
| `echo` | `Jasper` |
| `fable` | `Hugo` |
| `onyx` | `Bruno` |
| `nova` | `Luna` |
| `shimmer` | `Rosie` |

## Measured

On bs2 (opencoti b112, audio.cpp on the CPU, 16 threads), a 21-word sentence:

| | |
|---|---|
| first request, engine start included | 6.4 s |
| output | 9.8 s of mp3, 128 kbps, 24 kHz mono |
| Whisper large-v3 turbo on the output | word for word, default voice and `nova` |

## Tags

| Tag | Weights | Size |
|---|---|---|
| `mini-0.8` | `kitten-tts-mini-0.8-orig.gguf` | 302 MB |

## Source

GGUF: [audio-cpp/audio.cpp-gguf](https://huggingface.co/audio-cpp/audio.cpp-gguf/tree/main/KittenTTS-GGUF) · License: Apache-2.0.
Docs: [xOllama media](https://github.com/mann1x/xollama/blob/dev/docs/xollama/media.mdx).

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