Whishper Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Whishper hosting gives you self-hosted audio transcription on your own domain, so recordings are turned into text and subtitles on a server you control. Deploy Whishper 3.1.4 with a private MongoDB and a Basic Auth proxy, generated credentials and five persistent volumes, over HTTPS in minutes. It transcribes on CPU only, and translation is not included, so plan around transcription alone.

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What is Whishper?

Whishper is an open-source, 100% local audio transcription and subtitling suite with a full-featured web UI. Upstream describes transcribing audio, video and URLs, downloading transcripts in TXT, JSON, VTT or SRT, a subtitle editor and FasterWhisper for faster CPU transcription, and notes that its v3 branch will not receive new releases while a v4 rewrite proceeds. A self-hosted Whishper is an alternative to cloud transcription services, licensed AGPL-3.0, and it works offline in principle because transcription happens on your machine.

On xCloud it is Whishper 3.1.4 with MongoDB 7 and an nginx proxy, all pinned by digest, with models, uploads, logs and the database on five volumes. xCloud generates the credentials and serves it over HTTPS. It is transcription-only: translation is not shipped, and there is no GPU acceleration.

From Sign-Up to a Live Whishper In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Whishper install needs the app, a Whisper backend, MongoDB, an authentication proxy, model storage, a domain and a certificate before the first transcript. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Whishper from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain, a timezone, a CPU thread limit, upload limit and the models to preload, such as tiny and small.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start Whishper 3.1.4, MongoDB 7 and an nginx proxy, all pinned by digest, generate the database and Basic Auth credentials, mount five volumes and publish it over HTTPS. Translation is not deployed.
Step 03
Upload And Transcribe
Sign in with the Basic Auth login, upload an audio or video file or import a URL, choose a model and wait for the CPU job to finish. Then edit the subtitles and download TXT, JSON, VTT or SRT.

Local Audio And Video Transcription: Whishper On Your Own Server

Whishper runs here on CPU with its models and uploads on volumes you control, behind one installation-wide login.

Transcribe Any Media
Upstream transcribes audio, video and URLs supported by yt-dlp, or an uploaded file, into text.
Download Many Formats
Export transcriptions as TXT, JSON, VTT or SRT, or copy the raw text to your clipboard.
Subtitle Editor
Edit subtitles in the interface with highlighting based on media position, characters-per-second warnings and segment splitting.
FasterWhisper On CPU
Upstream uses FasterWhisper for faster CPU transcription. The template runs the CPU profile and has no GPU acceleration.
One Basic Auth Login
Whishper has no native accounts, so an nginx proxy puts one installation-wide HTTP Basic credential in front of everything.
Preloaded Models
Choose tiny, or tiny with base or small at install. Larger models download on first use and can use much more memory.

Everything You Need To Run Your Transcription 24/7

Managed hosting for Whishper, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Whishper 3.1.4 deployed instantly
Images pinned by digest
Basic Auth credentials generated
MongoDB kept private
Free SSL certificate
Models, uploads and database on volumes
Server backups and snapshots
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Whishper

Turn interviews into text
Upload a recording and get a transcript without sending the audio to a third-party service.
Subtitle a video
Transcribe the audio, fix the segments in the editor and export SRT or VTT.
Transcribe a recording from a URL
Import media from a URL that yt-dlp supports, with the fetch made from your server.
Keep sensitive audio in-house
Process meetings or calls on a server you control, behind a login.

Whishper Screenshots

Whishper web interface showing a completed transcription of a sample audio file with edit, download, translate and delete actions

Whishper vs Alternatives

Cloud transcription services: As a self-hosted alternative to cloud transcription services, Whishper processes audio on your own server, on CPU, behind one login. Speed depends on your CPU and the model.
Scriberr: Scriberr has its own OneClick page. In a Whishper vs Scriberr comparison, both are self-hosted transcription tools, so compare maintenance status, models and the interface.
LibreTranslate: LibreTranslate has its own OneClick page. Whishper normally uses it for translation, but this template does not deploy translation.
Bazarr: Bazarr has its own OneClick page. It fetches subtitles for media libraries, a different job from transcribing your own recordings.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Whishper hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for medium models and concurrent jobs.

59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Whishper is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Transcribe On Your Own Server?

Whishper on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Your recordings, your transcripts, your domain.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Does Whishper include translation?

No. Whishper 3.1.4's translate endpoint crashes the backend, so the template does not deploy LibreTranslate and answers the translate endpoint with 404. It is transcription-only, so use a separate translation tool if you need one.

Does Whishper support GPU acceleration?

No, not on this template. It runs the CPU profile only, using FasterWhisper. Transcription time depends heavily on media length, model size, concurrency and your CPU, so plan long jobs with that in mind and keep an eye on CPU load.

Which transcription models does Whishper use?

You preload tiny, tiny with base, or tiny with small at install. The UI also lists base, medium and large models that download on first use. Medium raised memory from about 120 MiB to 1.6 GiB in testing.

Can anyone use my Whishper server?

Only people with the single Basic Auth credential. Whishper has no native accounts or multi-user isolation, so everyone with the login sees every transcript. URL import fetches server-side, so share the login only with trusted people.

Is Whishper still maintained?

Upstream says the v3 branch will not receive new releases while a complete v4 rewrite is worked on. This template runs 3.1.4 as published, so expect no upstream fixes for this line and plan to review a newer version later.

Can you self-host Whishper with Docker?

Yes. Upstream is built for Docker, and this template is Whishper Docker hosting with the pieces assembled: the 3.1.4 image, MongoDB and an auth proxy pinned by digest, five volumes and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Whishper need?

The manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 4 CPU cores and 15 GB of disk for a small CPU-only workload. That is a functional minimum, not production capacity; large models need much more, so move to a bigger plan first.

Is Whishper open source?

Yes. Whishper is licensed under AGPL-3.0, so there is no licence fee. You pay for the Cloud VPS, which gives you a Whishper cloud of your own, with transcription running on that server's CPU and your media kept on its volumes.

How big can an upload be?

The lower of your chosen request-body limit, 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB, and the 1 GB nginx ceiling. Slow large uploads must also finish within the platform request timeout, so split very long recordings.

How do I back up Whishper?

Back up whishper_mongo_data, whishper_uploads, whishper_models and the log volumes together. The database holds transcripts and settings, and uploads hold the media. Nothing backs them up automatically, so copy them off the server and test a restore.

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Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.