Skill comparison
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Comparing 4 skills
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Decision summary
WhisperX is the strongest overall pick here because it has a 100/100 readiness score and fits Coding agents.
Strongest overall
WhisperX
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Fastest prototype
WhisperX
Best first install candidate based on install readiness and adoption.
Freshest repo
Speech Recognition
Most recent maintenance signal among this shortlist.
| Signal | Distil Whisper Distilled variant of Whisper for speech recognition. 6x faster, 50% smaller, within 1% word error rate. | WhisperX WhisperX: Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization) | Speech Recognition Speech recognition module for Python, supporting several engines and APIs, online and offline. | Whisper Ctranslate2 Whisper command line client compatible with original OpenAI client based on CTranslate2. |
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| Quality | 77/100 Strong | 100/100 Excellent | 100/100 Excellent | 93/100 Excellent |
| Decision verdict | 79/100 Strong shortlist Shortlist this skill and compare it with close alternatives before production adoption. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. | 100/100 Production-ready Use this as a leading candidate, then validate the README and install path in your own agent stack. |
| Adoption | 4.1K stars 0 installs | 23K stars 0 installs | 9.0K stars 0 installs | 1.3K stars 0 installs |
| Freshness | Jan 8, 2025 | Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 16, 2026 | Feb 14, 2026 |
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| Platform hints | Python, Speech, Claude Code | Python, Speech, Claude Code | Python, Speech, Claude Code | Python, Speech, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents |
| Warnings | Repository looks stale · No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet | No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet |
| Best for | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals | Coding agents workflows · Claude Code teams · teams that value GitHub adoption signals |
| Not ideal for | teams that require actively maintained dependencies · production agents without a repository review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review | teams that need a vendor-supported SLA · high-compliance environments without internal security review |
| OpenAgentSkill engagement | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies | 0 views 0 install copies |
| Install | $ npx skills add huggingface/distil-whisper | $ npx skills add m-bain/whisperX | $ npx skills add Uberi/speech_recognition | $ npx skills add Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2 |