commit 67be877f7f3c943f5229e1857c71c9251dcb6722
Author: marauder-actual <marauder@saiden.dev>
Date:   Sun May 31 14:34:59 2026 +0200

    initial commit
    
    On-device voice cloning CLI using VoxCPM2 via MLX on macOS.
    Swift 6, macOS 15+, depends on speech-swift (local path dep).

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.build/
+.swiftpm/
+*.wav
+*.metallib
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+# madcat-say — VoxCPM2 voice-cloning CLI (on-device, MLX/Metal)
+#
+# MLX needs a compiled Metal shader library (mlx.metallib) sitting next to the
+# binary, or inference crashes with "Failed to load the default metallib".
+# We reuse the one speech-swift already builds.
+
+SPEECH_SWIFT ?= ../speech-swift
+CONFIG       ?= release
+METALLIB      = $(SPEECH_SWIFT)/.build/$(CONFIG)/mlx.metallib
+
+.PHONY: build run clean metallib install
+
+build:
+	swift build -c $(CONFIG)
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory metallib
+
+# Copy the prebuilt metallib next to our binary. If speech-swift hasn't built
+# it yet, fall back to its build script.
+metallib:
+	@if [ ! -f "$(METALLIB)" ]; then \
+		echo "metallib missing in speech-swift — building it there..."; \
+		( cd "$(SPEECH_SWIFT)" && swift build -c $(CONFIG) && ./scripts/build_mlx_metallib.sh $(CONFIG) ); \
+	fi
+	@cp "$(METALLIB)" ".build/$(CONFIG)/mlx.metallib"
+	@echo "metallib in place: .build/$(CONFIG)/mlx.metallib"
+
+# Quick smoke test (default voice).
+run: build
+	.build/$(CONFIG)/madcat-say "Hello. This is madcat say, running on device."
+
+# Install to ~/.local/bin (binary + metallib alongside it).
+install: build
+	@mkdir -p $(HOME)/.local/bin
+	cp ".build/$(CONFIG)/madcat-say" "$(HOME)/.local/bin/madcat-say"
+	cp ".build/$(CONFIG)/mlx.metallib" "$(HOME)/.local/bin/mlx.metallib"
+	@echo "installed to ~/.local/bin/madcat-say (with mlx.metallib)"
+
+clean:
+	swift package clean
+	rm -rf .build
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diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
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+// swift-tools-version: 6.0
+import PackageDescription
+
+let package = Package(
+    name: "madcat-say",
+    platforms: [.macOS(.v15)],
+    dependencies: [
+        .package(path: "../speech-swift"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser", from: "1.5.0"),
+    ],
+    targets: [
+        .executableTarget(
+            name: "madcat-say",
+            dependencies: [
+                .product(name: "VoxCPM2TTS", package: "speech-swift"),
+                .product(name: "AudioCommon", package: "speech-swift"),
+                .product(name: "ArgumentParser", package: "swift-argument-parser"),
+            ],
+            path: "Sources",
+            swiftSettings: [.swiftLanguageMode(.v5)]
+        ),
+    ]
+)
diff --git a/Sources/MadcatSay.swift b/Sources/MadcatSay.swift
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+import ArgumentParser
+import AudioCommon
+import Foundation
+@preconcurrency import VoxCPM2TTS
+
+/// madcat-say — speak text in a (optionally cloned) voice using VoxCPM2 on-device (MLX/Metal).
+///
+///   madcat-say "Hello there"
+///   madcat-say -r samantha.wav "I was calibrated just for you."
+///   madcat-say -r samantha.wav -l polish "Cześć, jestem Samantha."
+///   madcat-say -r samantha.wav -o out.wav "Saved instead of played."
+@main
+struct MadcatSay: AsyncParsableCommand {
+    static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
+        commandName: "madcat-say",
+        abstract: "Speak text in a cloned voice using VoxCPM2 (on-device, MLX/Metal).",
+        discussion: """
+        With no -r, uses the model's default voice. With -r it zero-shot clones
+        the reference voice. Language is auto-detected from the text; -l is an
+        optional hint. By default the audio is played through the speakers; pass
+        -o to write a 48 kHz WAV instead.
+        """
+    )
+
+    @Argument(help: "The text to speak.")
+    var text: String
+
+    @Option(name: [.customShort("r"), .long], help: "Reference voice WAV to clone (any sample rate).")
+    var reference: String?
+
+    @Option(name: [.customShort("l"), .long], help: "Language hint (auto-detected if omitted).")
+    var language: String?
+
+    @Option(name: [.customShort("o"), .long], help: "Write WAV here instead of playing it.")
+    var output: String?
+
+    @Option(name: .long, help: "Model variant: int4 (default), int8, bf16.")
+    var variant: String = "int4"
+
+    @Option(name: .long, help: "Diffusion timesteps per patch (default 10; lower = faster, rougher).")
+    var timesteps: Int = 10
+
+    @Option(name: .long, help: "Classifier-free guidance scale (default 2.0).")
+    var cfg: Float = 2.0
+
+    @Option(name: .long, help: "Seconds of silence prepended to avoid a clipped start (default 0.1).")
+    var prepad: Double = 0.1
+
+    func run() async throws {
+        let modelId = "aufklarer/VoxCPM2-MLX-\(variant)"
+        log("Loading \(modelId) ...")
+        let model = try await VoxCPM2TTSModel.fromPretrained(modelId: modelId) { progress, status in
+            log("  [\(Int(progress * 100))%] \(status)")
+        }
+        defer { model.unload() }
+
+        var refAudio: [Float]? = nil
+        if let reference {
+            let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: reference)
+            guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: url.path) else {
+                throw ValidationError("Reference file not found: \(reference)")
+            }
+            // VoxCPM2 ingests reference audio at 16 kHz.
+            refAudio = try AudioFileLoader.load(url: url, targetSampleRate: 16000)
+            log("  Reference: \(refAudio?.count ?? 0) samples")
+        }
+
+        log("Synthesizing ...")
+        let audio = try await model.generateVoxCPM2(
+            text: text,
+            language: language,
+            refAudio: refAudio,
+            inferenceTimesteps: timesteps,
+            cfgValue: cfg
+        )
+        guard !audio.isEmpty else {
+            throw ValidationError("No audio was generated.")
+        }
+        let rate = model.sampleRate
+
+        // Prepend leading silence so the first phoneme isn't clipped on playback.
+        let padSamples = max(0, Int(prepad * Double(rate)))
+        let out = padSamples > 0 ? [Float](repeating: 0, count: padSamples) + audio : audio
+
+        if let output {
+            let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: output)
+            try WAVWriter.write(samples: out, sampleRate: rate, to: url)
+            log("Saved \(out.count) samples (\(seconds(out.count, rate))s) to \(output)")
+        } else {
+            try playThroughSpeakers(samples: out, sampleRate: rate)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Helpers
+
+    private func playThroughSpeakers(samples: [Float], sampleRate: Int) throws {
+        let tmp = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("madcat-say-\(UUID().uuidString).wav")
+        try WAVWriter.write(samples: samples, sampleRate: sampleRate, to: tmp)
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: tmp) }
+
+        let proc = Process()
+        proc.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/afplay")
+        proc.arguments = [tmp.path]
+        try proc.run()
+        proc.waitUntilExit()
+    }
+
+    private func seconds(_ count: Int, _ rate: Int) -> String {
+        String(format: "%.2f", Double(count) / Double(rate))
+    }
+
+    /// Progress/status goes to stderr so stdout stays clean for piping.
+    private func log(_ message: String) {
+        FileHandle.standardError.write(Data((message + "\n").utf8))
+    }
+}