hume
A Python SDK for Hume AI
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The SDK is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and supports a wide range of Python versions. It is suitable for production use if you need to integrate Hume's empathic voice or text-to-speech APIs. Be aware of platform constraints: Empathic Voice Interface is limited to macOS and Linux, while TTS works across all major platforms. Consult the migration guide if upgrading from pre-0.7.0 versions.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a valid Hume API key; Empathic Voice Interface requires macOS or Linux (Python 3.9–3.13), while TTS works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
- Active maintenance with a recent release (58 days ago) and ongoing repository activity.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it straightforward to integrate into most projects.
last release 2026-06-17 (58 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-09 · 178 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 99,207 downloads/mo, #13,036 on PyPI
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pip install hume
from hume.client import HumeClient
client = HumeClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
client.empathic_voice.configs.list_configs()- Whether the SDK's automatic retry behavior with exponential backoff is suitable for your application's latency requirements.
- Specific rate-limiting or quota behavior beyond the documented HTTP 429 retry handling.
What it is and what it does
Hume is a Python SDK that wraps Hume AI's empathic voice and text-to-speech APIs, allowing developers to integrate voice interaction and speech synthesis directly into Python applications. It provides both synchronous and asynchronous clients, with built-in support for WebSocket connections, pagination, automatic retries with exponential backoff, and exception handling through a unified ApiError hierarchy.
The SDK is actively maintained and supports Python 3.9 through 3.15. It depends on httpx for HTTP requests, websockets for real-time communication, and pydantic for data validation. The package is designed to be easy to extend—even if you start with only one API (voice or TTS), the SDK's namespace structure makes it simple to add the other later. Major breaking changes occurred in version 0.7.0, so upgrading from older versions requires consulting the migration guide.
Use it for
- Build conversational voice interfaces that respond with emotional awareness and natural prosody using the Empathic Voice Interface.
- Add expressive text-to-speech synthesis to applications that need to generate spoken audio with emotional tone.
- Integrate emotion and expression analysis into real-time voice chat or customer service applications.
- Create async, non-blocking voice interaction systems for high-concurrency or event-driven architectures.
- Prototype multimodal AI applications that combine voice, emotion detection, and sentiment analysis.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The SDK is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and supports a wide range of Python versions. It is suitable for production use if you need to integrate Hume's empathic voice or text-to-speech APIs. Be aware of platform constraints: Empathic Voice Interface is limited to macOS and Linux, while TTS works across all major platforms. Consult the migration guide if upgrading from pre-0.7.0 versions.
Install
hume on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance with a recent release (58 days ago) and ongoing repository activity. Supports Python 3.9 through 3.15.
Requires a valid Hume API key; Empathic Voice Interface requires macOS or Linux (Python 3.9–3.13), while TTS works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
License in practice
MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it straightforward to integrate into most projects.
Quickstart
pip install hume
from hume.client import HumeClient
client = HumeClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
client.empathic_voice.configs.list_configs()Verify before relying
- Whether the SDK's automatic retry behavior with exponential backoff is suitable for your application's latency requirements.
- Specific rate-limiting or quota behavior beyond the documented HTTP 429 retry handling.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4,>=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 7 packageseval-type-backportexceptiongrouphttpxpydanticpydantic-coretyping_extensionswebsockets |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 58 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 99,207 / month, #13,036 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: MacOSOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: OS IndependentOperating System :: POSIXOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python ModulesTyping :: Typed |
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