diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39c16a8..9024c4f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ add_subdirectory(whisper.cpp)
 
 pybind11_add_module(_pywhispercpp
 	src/main.cpp
+	src/parakeet_bindings.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries (_pywhispercpp PRIVATE whisper)
-
+target_link_libraries(_pywhispercpp PRIVATE whisper parakeet)
+target_include_directories(_pywhispercpp PRIVATE
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/whisper.cpp/include
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/whisper.cpp/ggml/include
+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 018f18e..db8f1fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,19 @@ segments = model.transcribe('file.mp3', new_segment_callback=print)
 * You can pass any `whisper.cpp` [parameter](https://absadiki.github.io/pywhispercpp/#pywhispercpp.constants.PARAMS_SCHEMA) as a keyword argument to the `Model` class or to the `transcribe` function.
 * Check the [Model](https://absadiki.github.io/pywhispercpp/#pywhispercpp.model.Model) class documentation for more details.
 
+### Parakeet (NVIDIA)
+
+Parakeet is a separate whisper.cpp API from Whisper. Point `ParakeetModel` at a local GGUF (for example from [ggml-org/parakeet-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/parakeet-GGUF)); there is no automatic download helper yet.
+
+```python
+from pywhispercpp import ParakeetModel
+
+model = ParakeetModel("/path/to/ggml-parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3-q5_0.bin", n_threads=4)
+segments = model.transcribe("file.wav")
+for segment in segments:
+    print(segment.text)
+```
+
 # Examples
 
 ## CLI
diff --git a/pywhispercpp/__init__.py b/pywhispercpp/__init__.py
index 8b13789..22f6f85 100644
--- a/pywhispercpp/__init__.py
+++ b/pywhispercpp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+from pywhispercpp.model import Model, Segment
+from pywhispercpp.parakeet_model import ParakeetModel
 
+__all__ = ["Model", "Segment", "ParakeetModel"]
diff --git a/pywhispercpp/parakeet_model.py b/pywhispercpp/parakeet_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b33275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywhispercpp/parakeet_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+Thin Python helper for whisper.cpp Parakeet (`parakeet.h`).
+
+Models are local GGUF files (e.g. https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/parakeet-GGUF).
+
+Example::
+
+    from pywhispercpp import ParakeetModel
+
+    model = ParakeetModel("/path/to/ggml-parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3-q5_0.bin", n_threads=4)
+    for seg in model.transcribe("audio.wav"):
+        print(seg.text)
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
+
+import numpy as np
+
+import _pywhispercpp as pw
+from pywhispercpp.model import Model, Segment
+
+
+class ParakeetModel:
+    """
+    Load a local Parakeet GGUF and run ``parakeet_full``.
+
+    Reuses :class:`~pywhispercpp.model.Segment` and ``Model._load_audio`` so we
+    do not duplicate wav/ffmpeg decoding.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_path: str,
+        n_threads: Optional[int] = None,
+        use_gpu: bool = True,
+        gpu_device: int = 0,
+        **params,
+    ):
+        """
+        :param model_path: Path to a Parakeet GGUF model file.
+        :param n_threads: Inference threads (default min(4, CPU count)).
+        :param use_gpu: Forwarded to ``parakeet_context_params.use_gpu``.
+        :param gpu_device: Forwarded to ``parakeet_context_params.gpu_device``.
+        :param params: Extra fields on ``parakeet_full_params`` (e.g. ``offset_ms``).
+        """
+        self._ctx = None
+        path = Path(model_path).expanduser()
+        if not path.is_file():
+            raise FileNotFoundError(
+                f"Parakeet model not found: {model_path}. "
+                "Download a GGUF from https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/parakeet-GGUF"
+            )
+        self.model_path = str(path.resolve())
+
+        cparams = pw.parakeet_context_default_params()
+        cparams.use_gpu = use_gpu
+        cparams.gpu_device = gpu_device
+
+        self._params = pw.parakeet_full_default_params(
+            pw.parakeet_sampling_strategy.PARAKEET_SAMPLING_GREEDY
+        )
+        self._params.n_threads = int(
+            n_threads if n_threads is not None else min(4, os.cpu_count() or 4)
+        )
+        for key, value in params.items():
+            setattr(self._params, key, value)
+
+        self._ctx = pw.parakeet_init_from_file_with_params(self.model_path, cparams)
+        if self._ctx is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to load Parakeet model: {self.model_path}")
+
+    def transcribe(
+        self,
+        media: Union[str, np.ndarray],
+        **params,
+    ) -> List[Segment]:
+        """
+        Transcribe a media path or float32 mono PCM at 16 kHz.
+
+        :param media: File path (wav preferred; other formats need ffmpeg) or
+                      1-D float32 ``numpy.ndarray``.
+        :param params: Overrides for ``parakeet_full_params`` for this call.
+        :return: List of :class:`~pywhispercpp.model.Segment`.
+        """
+        if isinstance(media, np.ndarray):
+            audio = np.ascontiguousarray(media, dtype=np.float32).ravel()
+        else:
+            if not Path(media).exists():
+                raise FileNotFoundError(media)
+            audio = Model._load_audio(str(media))
+
+        for key, value in params.items():
+            setattr(self._params, key, value)
+
+        ret = pw.parakeet_full(self._ctx, self._params, audio, int(audio.size))
+        if ret != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"parakeet_full failed with code {ret}")
+
+        n = pw.parakeet_full_n_segments(self._ctx)
+        segments: List[Segment] = []
+        for i in range(n):
+            t0 = pw.parakeet_full_get_segment_t0(self._ctx, i)
+            t1 = pw.parakeet_full_get_segment_t1(self._ctx, i)
+            text = pw.parakeet_full_get_segment_text(self._ctx, i).decode(
+                "utf-8", errors="replace"
+            ).strip()
+            segments.append(Segment(t0, t1, text))
+        return segments
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        ctx = getattr(self, "_ctx", None)
+        if ctx is not None:
+            try:
+                pw.parakeet_free(ctx)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            self._ctx = None
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6bc3c00..feb94b9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <pybind11/numpy.h>
 
 #include "whisper.h"
+#include "parakeet_bindings.h"
 
 
 #define STRINGIFY(x) #x
@@ -1384,8 +1385,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_pywhispercpp, m) {
     m.def("whisper_vad_free_segments", &whisper_vad_free_segments_wrapper);
     m.def("whisper_vad_free", &whisper_vad_free_wrapper);
 
-
-
+    init_parakeet_bindings(m);
 
 #ifdef VERSION_INFO
     m.attr("__version__") = MACRO_STRINGIFY(VERSION_INFO);
diff --git a/src/parakeet_bindings.cpp b/src/parakeet_bindings.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e954b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parakeet_bindings.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/**
+ * Python bindings for whisper.cpp Parakeet API (parakeet.h).
+ */
+
+#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+#include <pybind11/numpy.h>
+
+#include "parakeet.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+
+// Opaque context wrapper (parakeet_context is incomplete in the public header).
+struct parakeet_context_wrapper {
+    parakeet_context * ptr;
+};
+
+static py::object parakeet_init_from_file_with_params_wrapper(
+        const char * path_model,
+        struct parakeet_context_params cparams) {
+    // Release the GIL only for the native load. py::cast / py::none need the GIL.
+    struct parakeet_context * ctx;
+    {
+        py::gil_scoped_release release;
+        ctx = parakeet_init_from_file_with_params(path_model, cparams);
+    }
+    if (!ctx) {
+        return py::none();
+    }
+    struct parakeet_context_wrapper w;
+    w.ptr = ctx;
+    return py::cast(w);
+}
+
+static void parakeet_free_wrapper(py::object ctx_obj) {
+    if (ctx_obj.is_none()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    auto * ctx_w = ctx_obj.cast<parakeet_context_wrapper *>();
+    if (ctx_w && ctx_w->ptr) {
+        parakeet_free(ctx_w->ptr);
+        ctx_w->ptr = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+static int parakeet_full_wrapper(
+        struct parakeet_context_wrapper * ctx_w,
+        struct parakeet_full_params params,
+        py::array_t<float> samples,
+        int n_samples) {
+    if (!ctx_w || !ctx_w->ptr) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    py::buffer_info buf = samples.request();
+    float * samples_ptr = static_cast<float *>(buf.ptr);
+
+    py::gil_scoped_release release;
+    return parakeet_full(ctx_w->ptr, params, samples_ptr, n_samples);
+}
+
+static int parakeet_full_n_segments_wrapper(struct parakeet_context_wrapper * ctx_w) {
+    if (!ctx_w || !ctx_w->ptr) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    py::gil_scoped_release release;
+    return parakeet_full_n_segments(ctx_w->ptr);
+}
+
+static int64_t parakeet_full_get_segment_t0_wrapper(
+        struct parakeet_context_wrapper * ctx_w, int i_segment) {
+    return parakeet_full_get_segment_t0(ctx_w->ptr, i_segment);
+}
+
+static int64_t parakeet_full_get_segment_t1_wrapper(
+        struct parakeet_context_wrapper * ctx_w, int i_segment) {
+    return parakeet_full_get_segment_t1(ctx_w->ptr, i_segment);
+}
+
+static py::bytes parakeet_full_get_segment_text_wrapper(
+        struct parakeet_context_wrapper * ctx_w, int i_segment) {
+    const char * c_array = parakeet_full_get_segment_text(ctx_w->ptr, i_segment);
+    if (!c_array) {
+        return py::bytes("", 0);
+    }
+    return py::bytes(c_array, strlen(c_array));
+}
+
+void init_parakeet_bindings(py::module_ & m) {
+    m.attr("PARAKEET_SAMPLE_RATE") = PARAKEET_SAMPLE_RATE;
+
+    py::enum_<parakeet_sampling_strategy>(m, "parakeet_sampling_strategy")
+        .value("PARAKEET_SAMPLING_GREEDY", parakeet_sampling_strategy::PARAKEET_SAMPLING_GREEDY)
+        .export_values();
+
+    py::class_<parakeet_context_wrapper>(m, "parakeet_context");
+
+    py::class_<parakeet_context_params>(m, "parakeet_context_params")
+        .def(py::init<>())
+        .def_readwrite("use_gpu", &parakeet_context_params::use_gpu)
+        .def_readwrite("gpu_device", &parakeet_context_params::gpu_device);
+
+    py::class_<parakeet_full_params>(m, "parakeet_full_params")
+        .def(py::init<>())
+        .def_readwrite("strategy", &parakeet_full_params::strategy)
+        .def_readwrite("n_threads", &parakeet_full_params::n_threads)
+        .def_readwrite("offset_ms", &parakeet_full_params::offset_ms)
+        .def_readwrite("duration_ms", &parakeet_full_params::duration_ms)
+        .def_readwrite("no_context", &parakeet_full_params::no_context)
+        .def_readwrite("audio_ctx", &parakeet_full_params::audio_ctx);
+
+    m.def("parakeet_version", &parakeet_version);
+    m.def("parakeet_context_default_params", &parakeet_context_default_params);
+    m.def("parakeet_full_default_params", &parakeet_full_default_params, py::arg("strategy"));
+    // No call_guard gil_scoped_release: this binding returns py::object via py::cast.
+    m.def("parakeet_init_from_file_with_params",
+          &parakeet_init_from_file_with_params_wrapper,
+          py::arg("path_model"), py::arg("params"));
+    m.def("parakeet_free", &parakeet_free_wrapper);
+    m.def("parakeet_full", &parakeet_full_wrapper,
+          py::arg("ctx"), py::arg("params"), py::arg("samples"), py::arg("n_samples"));
+    m.def("parakeet_full_n_segments", &parakeet_full_n_segments_wrapper);
+    m.def("parakeet_full_get_segment_t0", &parakeet_full_get_segment_t0_wrapper);
+    m.def("parakeet_full_get_segment_t1", &parakeet_full_get_segment_t1_wrapper);
+    m.def("parakeet_full_get_segment_text", &parakeet_full_get_segment_text_wrapper);
+}
diff --git a/src/parakeet_bindings.h b/src/parakeet_bindings.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9f4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parakeet_bindings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+
+void init_parakeet_bindings(pybind11::module_ & m);
diff --git a/tests/test_parakeet.py b/tests/test_parakeet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..900b38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_parakeet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Parakeet binding smoke tests (no large model download)."""
+
+import unittest
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+import _pywhispercpp as pw
+
+
+class TestParakeetBindings(TestCase):
+    def test_import_and_constants(self):
+        self.assertEqual(pw.PARAKEET_SAMPLE_RATE, 16000)
+
+    def test_parakeet_version(self):
+        version = pw.parakeet_version()
+        self.assertIsInstance(version, str)
+        self.assertGreater(len(version), 0)
+
+    def test_context_default_params(self):
+        params = pw.parakeet_context_default_params()
+        params.use_gpu = False
+        params.gpu_device = 0
+        self.assertFalse(params.use_gpu)
+        self.assertEqual(params.gpu_device, 0)
+
+    def test_full_default_params(self):
+        params = pw.parakeet_full_default_params(
+            pw.parakeet_sampling_strategy.PARAKEET_SAMPLING_GREEDY
+        )
+        self.assertGreater(params.n_threads, 0)
+        params.n_threads = 2
+        self.assertEqual(params.n_threads, 2)
+
+    def test_init_missing_file_returns_none(self):
+        params = pw.parakeet_context_default_params()
+        params.use_gpu = False
+        ctx = pw.parakeet_init_from_file_with_params(
+            "/nonexistent/path/parakeet-model.bin",
+            params,
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(ctx)
+
+    def test_free_none_safe(self):
+        pw.parakeet_free(None)
+
+    def test_python_package_export(self):
+        from pywhispercpp import ParakeetModel, Segment, Model
+
+        self.assertTrue(callable(ParakeetModel))
+        self.assertTrue(callable(Model))
+        self.assertTrue(callable(Segment))
+
+    def test_parakeet_model_missing_path(self):
+        from pywhispercpp import ParakeetModel
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            ParakeetModel("/no/such/parakeet.gguf")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 9386f23..080bbbe 160000
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9386f239401074690479731c1e41683fbbeac557
+Subproject commit 080bbbe85230f624f0b52127f1ae1218247989f9