mbailey/voicemode

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Natural voice conversations with Claude Code observed · 2026-09-21

github.com/mbailey/voicemode · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-21

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

Activity 95
Release rhythm 75
Longevity 35

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 0
age_days: 499
days_rel: 91
days_push: 32
n_releases_24m: 158

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1371 stars · 195 forks observed · 2026-09-21

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

VoiceMode is a Python-based MCP server and Claude Code plugin that enables natural, hands-free voice conversations with Claude Code and other MCP-capable AI coding agents. It combines speech recognition (Whisper or OpenAI) and text-to-speech (Kokoro or OpenAI) with smart silence detection, and can run entirely locally for privacy.

Use cases

talk to Claude Code instead of typing
hands-free coding assistant conversations while cooking or walking
run local offline speech-to-text and text-to-speech for AI agents
add voice interaction to MCP-capable AI assistants
give my eyes a break and debug by voice
low-latency voice chat with an AI coding agent
private voice conversations with AI without cloud services

When to choose

you use Claude Code or another MCP-capable agent and want voice interaction
you need offline/local STT and TTS for privacy
your hands or eyes are busy and you want to interact with your coding agent
you want low-latency, natural back-and-forth voice conversations

When to avoid

you need voice features in a non-MCP or non-Claude environment without adaptation
you have no microphone or speakers
you need a fully managed cloud voice product with no local setup
you require languages or voices not supported by Whisper/Kokoro/OpenAI

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

speech-recognition tts mcp chatbot cli speech-processing developer-tools artificial-intelligence windows python cli voice-conversation claude-code whisper kokoro hands-free mcp-server livekit voice-cloning ai-agents command-line linux macos

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/mbailey/voicemode · fetched 2026-09-21 · f8a81cd6f04c
homepage: https://voicemode.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · 60b75d2f6150

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
mbailey/voicemode	main	76

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mbailey/voicemode")

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