snapshot of https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp.git @ da54572229bcf64ba367d96c7ef15770376c4280 (2026-09-15)

models/download-ggml-model.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script downloads Whisper model files that have already been converted to ggml format.
+# This way you don't have to convert them yourself.
+
+#src="https://ggml.ggerganov.com"
+#pfx="ggml-model-whisper"
+
+src="https://huggingface.co/ggerganov/whisper.cpp"
+pfx="resolve/main/ggml"
+
+BOLD="\033[1m"
+RESET='\033[0m'
+
+# get the path of this script
+get_script_path() {
+    if [ -x "$(command -v realpath)" ]; then
+        dirname "$(realpath "$0")"
+    else
+        _ret="$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit ; pwd -P)"
+        echo "$_ret"
+    fi
+}
+
+script_path="$(get_script_path)"
+
+# Check if the script is inside a /bin/ directory
+case "$script_path" in
+    */bin) default_download_path="$PWD" ;;  # Use current directory as default download path if in /bin/
+    *) default_download_path="$script_path" ;;  # Otherwise, use script directory
+esac
+
+models_path="${2:-$default_download_path}"
+
+# Whisper models
+models="tiny
+tiny.en
+tiny-q5_1
+tiny.en-q5_1
+tiny-q8_0
+base
+base.en
+base-q5_1
+base.en-q5_1
+base-q8_0
+small
+small.en
+small.en-tdrz
+small-q5_1
+small.en-q5_1
+small-q8_0
+medium
+medium.en
+medium-q5_0
+medium.en-q5_0
+medium-q8_0
+large-v1
+large-v2
+large-v2-q5_0
+large-v2-q8_0
+large-v3
+large-v3-q5_0
+large-v3-turbo
+large-v3-turbo-q5_0
+large-v3-turbo-q8_0"
+
+# list available models
+list_models() {
+    printf "\n"
+    printf "Available models:"
+    model_class=""
+    for model in $models; do
+        this_model_class="${model%%[.-]*}"
+        if [ "$this_model_class" != "$model_class" ]; then
+            printf "\n "
+            model_class=$this_model_class
+        fi
+        printf " %s" "$model"
+    done
+    printf "\n\n"
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] || [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
+    printf "Usage: %s <model> [models_path]\n" "$0"
+    list_models
+    printf "___________________________________________________________\n"
+    printf "${BOLD}.en${RESET} = english-only ${BOLD}-q5_[01]${RESET} = quantized ${BOLD}-tdrz${RESET} = tinydiarize\n"
+
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+model=$1
+
+if ! echo "$models" | grep -q -w "$model"; then
+    printf "Invalid model: %s\n" "$model"
+    list_models
+
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if model contains `tdrz` and update the src and pfx accordingly
+if echo "$model" | grep -q "tdrz"; then
+    src="https://huggingface.co/akashmjn/tinydiarize-whisper.cpp"
+    pfx="resolve/main/ggml"
+fi
+
+echo "$model" | grep -q '^"tdrz"*$'
+
+# download ggml model
+
+printf "Downloading ggml model %s from '%s' ...\n" "$model" "$src"
+
+cd "$models_path" || exit
+
+if [ -f "ggml-$model.bin" ]; then
+    printf "Model %s already exists. Skipping download.\n" "$model"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -x "$(command -v wget2)" ]; then
+    wget2 --no-config --progress bar -O ggml-"$model".bin $src/$pfx-"$model".bin
+elif [ -x "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
+    curl -L --fail \
+         --retry 5 \
+         --retry-delay 5 \
+         --retry-all-errors \
+         --retry-connrefused \
+         ${HF_TOKEN:+--header "Authorization: Bearer $HF_TOKEN"} \
+         --output ggml-"$model".bin $src/$pfx-"$model".bin
+elif [ -x "$(command -v wget)" ]; then
+    wget --no-config --quiet --show-progress -O ggml-"$model".bin $src/$pfx-"$model".bin
+else
+    printf "Either wget2, curl, or wget is required to download models.\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf "Failed to download ggml model %s \n" "$model"
+    printf "Please try again later or download the original Whisper model files and convert them yourself.\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if 'whisper-cli' is available in the system PATH
+if command -v whisper-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # If found, use 'whisper-cli' (relying on PATH resolution)
+    whisper_cmd="whisper-cli"
+else
+    # If not found, use the local build version
+    whisper_cmd="./build/bin/whisper-cli"
+fi
+
+printf "Done! Model '%s' saved in '%s/ggml-%s.bin'\n" "$model" "$models_path" "$model"
+printf "You can now use it like this:\n\n"
+printf "  $ %s -m %s/ggml-%s.bin -f samples/jfk.wav\n" "$whisper_cmd" "$models_path" "$model"
+printf "\n"