Bark
by Suno AI · open-source · Last verified 2026-03-17
Bark is Suno AI's open-source, transformer-based text-to-audio model capable of generating highly realistic speech, music, background noise, and non-verbal sounds (laughter, sighs, sound effects) from text in a unified model. Unlike traditional TTS systems, Bark treats all audio as a generative sequence prediction task, enabling natural prosody, emotion, and multilingual output without pre-defined voice clones.
https://github.com/suno-ai/bark ↗C+
C+—Average
Adoption: BQuality: B+Freshness: BCitations: B+Engagement: F
Specifications
- License
- MIT
- Pricing
- open-source
- Capabilities
- text-to-speech, text-to-audio, non-verbal-sounds, multilingual-tts, music-generation
- Integrations
- huggingface, replicate
- Use Cases
- audiobook-narration, podcast-creation, voice-acting, game-audio, accessibility
- API Available
- Yes
- Parameters
- ~300M
- Context Window
- N/A
- Modalities
- text, audio
- Training Cutoff
- 2023
- Tags
- text-to-audio, speech-synthesis, music-generation, open-source, suno-ai
- Added
- 2026-03-17
- Completeness
- 100%
Index Score
57.3Adoption
60
Quality
79
Freshness
62
Citations
70
Engagement
0