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Scriberr

6.2

on-prem open source diarization

A free, self-hosted transcription + diarization app — private and capable, but not a full agent-memory pipeline.

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Score breakdown

Weighted by our published rubric. Overall: 6.2/10.

Accuracy (WER) 20%
8
Privacy / on-prem 20%
9
Diarization 10%
7
RAG / agent-readiness 20%
2
Integrations 10%
2
Pricing / value 10%
10
Ease of use 10%
5

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Self-hosted, MIT open source — audio never leaves your machine
  • Whisper plus newer models (Parakeet, Canary) with word-level timing + diarization

Cons

  • Self-hosted app, not a managed product; you run the infrastructure
  • No vector-DB / agent layer; smaller ecosystem

Scriberr is a free, MIT-licensed self-hosted transcription app that runs Whisper (and newer models like Parakeet and Canary) locally with word-level timing and diarization. A strong private option for individuals and teams comfortable running their own service.

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