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Installation

To install Buzz, download the latest version for your operating system. Buzz is available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

macOS​

Download the .dmg from the SourceForge.

Intel Macs: Buzz now requires Apple silicon. The last version to support Intel Macs is 1.4.5.

Windows​

Get the installation files from the SourceForge.

App is not signed, you will get a warning when you install it. Select More info -> Run anyway.

Linux​

Buzz is available as a Flatpak or a Snap.

To install flatpak, run:

flatpak install flathub io.github.chidiwilliams.Buzz

Download on Flathub

To install snap, run:

sudo apt-get install libportaudio2 libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module
sudo snap install buzz
sudo snap connect buzz:password-manager-service

Get it from the Snap Store

PyPI​

pip install buzz-captions
python -m buzz

On Linux install system dependencies you may be missing

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libyaml-dev libtbb-dev libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-cursor0 libportaudio2 gettext libpulse0 ffmpeg

On versions prior to Ubuntu 24.04 install sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libegl1-mesa

CUDA GPU Acceleration​

Since version 1.4.6 Nvidia CUDA GPU acceleration is no longer included in base package of the Buzz and has to be installed separately on Linux and Windows. You will get a prompt to do so if Nvidia GPU is detected, but you can also install CUDA support manually by going to Help -> About Buzz -> Install CUDA Acceleration. CUDA is not needed for whisper.cpp and if you do not have Nvidia GPU.