Coqui-ai is shutting down

[ukemamaster]

I just read on LinkedIn that coqui-ai is shutting down:

Coqui is shutting down
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coqui-shutting-down-josh-meyer-fpsve?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via.

Not sure what might be the reasons behind this but very sad to hear that.

Will they keep maintaining and improving this repo?

[erogol]

I don't plan to actively maintain it for now. If I can find some sponsors, things might change. DL is expensive these days.

[eginhard]

@erogol I'd be happy to help with further maintenance of the project if that's something you'd support. Or would you prefer a community fork?

[ordigital]

Sad news. Coqui-TTS with XTTS is the best open source TTS I know. Maybe try some crowdfunding for the project or try to get attention from Mozilla fundation or similar fundations that support different projects?

[NeonClary]

@ordigital Coqui originally was spun off from Mozilla. Not sure how that would affect things.

I did check in with our team, and learned that our TTS is built with Coqui, but isn't just Coqui, so our project isn't directly affected. We're open source also, so if we can be of help please reach out.

[erogol]

Thanks everyone for your support!!

the Coqui copyright in the repo is a problem. Maybe a hard fork.

I am not sure if I want to continue working on this anymore. Maybe something new and a new project.

It is kinda pointless to continue without compute resources. What drives the work is quite compute heavy. If there is no compute TTS will be outdated sometime.

I am still resting and when I am back i'll think about that more.

Thanks again.

[jessebot]

@erogol would you be willing to elect additional collaborators from the open source community? They don't have to own the project or repos, but for keeping the lights on until something else as accessible comes along, that would help, so that when new versions of python come along, people can continue to use the code here.

The main license is currently MPL 2.0, but what is licensed differently?

[erew123]

@erogol Sad news! I hope this isnt the end! However, can I ask, will the Huggingface and Github stay live?

[erogol]

thanks 🙏

things will stay as they are if not costing money.

[junland]

It be nice to have some formal announcement besides a LinkedIn post.

[Yaodada12]

This is a sad story！！！

[vluz]

@erogol Very sad indeed. I was away for a couple of months and just saw the news on the site.
It is my hope that you find some sponsors. Thank you for all your hard work.

[ex3ndr]

Are you open to transfer ownership then?

[erogol]

No

[jonathonbarton]

What order of magnitude of 'costing money' are we discussing here?
$12k/yr
$120k/yr
$1.2M/yr?