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orpheus-0.1-ft is an open-weight audio or speech model from unsloth, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
About
Orpheus 3B 0.1 Finetuned 03/18/2025 – We are releasing our 3B Orpheus TTS model with additional finetunes. Code is available on GitHub: CanopyAI/Orpheus-TTS Orpheus TTS is a state-of-the-art, Llama-based Speech-LLM designed for high-quality, empathetic text-to-speech generation. This model has been finetuned to deliver human-level speech synthesis, achieving exceptional clarity, expressiveness, and real-time streaming performances. Model Details Model Capabilities - Human-Like Speech: Natural intonation, emotion, and rhythm that is superior to SOTA closed source models - Zero-Shot Voice Cloning: Clone voices without prior fine-tuning - Guided Emotion and Intonation: Control speech and emotion characteristics with simple tags - Low Latency: ~200ms streaming latency for realtime applications, reducible to ~100ms with input streaming Model Sources - GitHub Repo: https://github.com/canopyai/Orpheus-TTS - Blog Post: https://canopylabs.ai/model-releases - Colab Inference Notebook: notebook link Usage Check out our Colab (link to Colab) or GitHub (link to GitHub) on how to run easy inference on our finetuned models. Model Misuse Do not use our models for impersonation without consent, misinformation or deception (including fake news or fraudulent calls), or any illegal or harmful activity. By using this model, you agree to follow all applicable laws and ethical guidelines. We disclaim responsibility for any use.
Summarised from the published model card. Read the full card on the HuggingFace links below.
Specifications
| Maker | unsloth |
|---|---|
| Type | Audio & music |
| Parameters (lead) | 3.3B |
| Variants | 1 |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Based on | canopylabs/orpheus-3b-0.1-ft, meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct |
| Released | 2025-03-24 |
| Popularity | 51k downloads / month |
| Likes | 15 |
| Licence | Open weights |
How it works
Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
| Variant | Params | Precision | VRAM | Fits 16 GB | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| orpheus-3b-0.1-ft | 3.3B | BF16 | ~7.6 GB | ✓ | Weights ↗ |
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys unsloth-orpheus-0-1-ft for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (unsloth-orpheus-0-1-ft below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/audio/transcriptions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \ -F model="unsloth-orpheus-0-1-ft" -F file=@audio.mp3
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Licence
Open weights under apache-2.0 — commercial use is permitted. Deploy it on AxForge EU hardware on request. Read the licence ↗