ConservationOpen SourceFree

WildEcho

Self-hosted species ID from audio, powered by Perch 2.0

PythonFastAPIONNXPerch 2.0React NativeBioacousticsSelf-hosted

// about

WildEcho identifies animals from a short recording. wildecho-api is a self-hostable HTTP wrapper around Google's open Perch 2.0 model that runs on CPU with no API keys, and the WildEcho mobile app (early, Android first) records a clip and shows ranked species candidates.

// compared with

WildEcho as an alternative

WildEcho is for people who want species ID from audio on their own hardware, with an API they can build on.

Alternative to Merlin Bird IDAlternative to BirdNET Analyzer

A good fit if you are looking for Perch 2.0 self-hosted API, especially around species identification from audio API, self-hosted bird sound identification, bioacoustics inference server, Perch ONNX CPU inference.

// features

What WildEcho does

🎧

Upload a clip, get species

POST a short recording and get back ranked species candidates with confidence scores.

🖥️

Runs on CPU

FastAPI and ONNX on your own hardware. No GPU, no API keys, no data leaving the box.

🧠

Perch 2.0 inside

A thin, honest wrapper. The intelligence belongs to Perch 2.0, released openly by Google Research.

📱

Mobile companion

An Expo and React Native app that records a clip and queries your server. MVP stage, Android first.

⚠️

Low confidence flags

Responses flag low-confidence and non-animal results instead of guessing.

📄

Documented API

A versioned, documented HTTP API you can build your own tools on.

// free forever

WildEcho is completely free and open-source

No Pro tier, no freemium — just good software, maintained in public. If it's useful to you, a GitHub star goes a long way.

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// support

Need help with WildEcho?

Submit a private support ticket, request a feature, or book a consulting session. I personally respond to every ticket.

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