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

Voicebox

Local voice studio for cloning and dictation, positioned against ElevenLabs, with nothing sent anywhere.

Website Source code

Category:
Music and Audio Generation
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (MIT)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Desktop, Local-only, Self-hosted, 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:
87/100

Voicebox is a local-first voice studio that clones a voice from a few seconds of audio and generates speech across many languages, spanning seven TTS engines behind one interface, plus dictation. It is presented as a free alternative to ElevenLabs and WisprFlow in a single app. Because synthesis runs locally, the recordings and the cloned voice stay on the machine rather than being uploaded to a service, which is the whole question with voice cloning. MIT licensed.

Why this trust score (87/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no 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 MIT, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • 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 10/10: Actively developed, with commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10: Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier RESEARCH_ASSISTED, 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.
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Ships a container definition, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure. source
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-07-27, about 1 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.