BYOAIK (Bring Your Own AI Key) is a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Higgs Audio

Expressive speech and multi-speaker dialogue generation, self-hosted.

Website Source code

Category:
Music and Audio Generation
Maintenance:
Slowing down (last commit about 4 months ago)
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (Apache-2.0)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
CLI, Self-hosted, Local-only, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
No cloud key required for local model
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
91/100

Higgs Audio from Boson AI generates expressive speech including multi-speaker dialogue and background-aware narration, with weights and inference code published for local use. It fits the same pattern as the rest of this category: the model runs where you put it, so scripts and voice references are not uploaded anywhere. Apache-2.0. Note the pace, several months since the last commit, which the maintenance badge reflects.

How this tool was scored

Key handling 93/100 (where your key rests and who sees it, comparable across any licence) and verifiability 90/100 (how much of that BYOAIK could confirm, lower for closed source). Neither contains a popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 25/25: No cloud key is needed at all. The model runs locally.
  • Request Routing 17/20: Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20: Source is public under Apache-2.0, so anyone can check how the key is handled. Key handling was located in the published source.
  • Privacy 14/15: Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control.
  • Maintenance 8/10: Commits within the last six months.
  • Verification Confidence 7/10: Key handling was found in the published source by BYOAIK's scanner.

What was checked

Verification tier SOURCE_VERIFIED, derived from the evidence below and not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [STRONG · SOURCE_SCAN] The user supplies their own Hugging Face key: the project references its API key variable. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-06-05, about 4 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Key handling varies. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Add your provider API key in settings and choose a model.