diff --git a/.github/workflows/cxx-api.yaml b/.github/workflows/cxx-api.yaml
index 519b5113..6e1e20f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cxx-api.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cxx-api.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,45 @@ jobs:
             otool -L ./install/lib/libsherpa-onnx-cxx-api.dylib
           fi
 
+      - name: Test VAD
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          name=vad-cxx-api
+          g++ -std=c++17 -o $name ./cxx-api-examples/$name.cc \
+            -I ./build/install/include \
+            -L ./build/install/lib/ \
+            -l sherpa-onnx-cxx-api \
+            -l sherpa-onnx-c-api \
+            -l onnxruntime
+
+          ls -lh $name
+
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/build/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+          export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/build/install/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == ubuntu-latest || ${{ matrix.os }} == ubuntu-22.04-arm ]]; then
+            ldd ./$name
+            echo "----"
+            readelf -d ./$name
+          fi
+
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/lei-jun-test.wav
+          curl -SL -O https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/silero_vad.onnx
+
+          ./$name
+
+          mkdir vad-test
+          cp -v lei-jun-test*.wav vad-test
+
+          ls -lh vad-test
+
+          rm $name
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: vad-test-wavs-cxx-${{ matrix.os }}
+          path: ./vad-test/*.wav
+
       - name: Test Speech Enhancement (GTCRN)
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/cmake/cmake_extension.py b/cmake/cmake_extension.py
index 1337cf6a..0b3e6e75 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake_extension.py
+++ b/cmake/cmake_extension.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def get_binaries():
         "sherpa-onnx-microphone-offline-speaker-identification",
         "sherpa-onnx-offline",
         "sherpa-onnx-offline-audio-tagging",
+        "sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser",
         "sherpa-onnx-offline-language-identification",
         "sherpa-onnx-offline-punctuation",
         "sherpa-onnx-offline-speaker-diarization",
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def get_binaries():
         "sherpa-onnx-online-punctuation",
         "sherpa-onnx-online-websocket-client",
         "sherpa-onnx-online-websocket-server",
+        "sherpa-onnx-vad",
         "sherpa-onnx-vad-microphone",
         "sherpa-onnx-vad-microphone-offline-asr",
         "sherpa-onnx-vad-with-offline-asr",
diff --git a/cxx-api-examples/CMakeLists.txt b/cxx-api-examples/CMakeLists.txt
index a59d280c..45b01189 100644
--- a/cxx-api-examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cxx-api-examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ target_link_libraries(moonshine-cxx-api sherpa-onnx-cxx-api)
 add_executable(sense-voice-cxx-api ./sense-voice-cxx-api.cc)
 target_link_libraries(sense-voice-cxx-api sherpa-onnx-cxx-api)
 
+add_executable(vad-cxx-api ./vad-cxx-api.cc)
+target_link_libraries(vad-cxx-api sherpa-onnx-cxx-api)
+
 if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TTS)
   add_executable(matcha-tts-zh-cxx-api ./matcha-tts-zh-cxx-api.cc)
   target_link_libraries(matcha-tts-zh-cxx-api sherpa-onnx-cxx-api)
diff --git a/cxx-api-examples/vad-cxx-api.cc b/cxx-api-examples/vad-cxx-api.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9d96bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cxx-api-examples/vad-cxx-api.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// cxx-api-examples/vad-cxx-api.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2025  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+//
+// This file demonstrates how to use VAD to remove silences from a file
+// clang-format off
+//
+// wget https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/silero_vad.onnx
+// wget https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx/releases/download/asr-models/lei-jun-test.wav
+//
+// clang-format on
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.h"
+
+int32_t main() {
+  using namespace sherpa_onnx::cxx;  // NOLINT
+
+  std::string wave_filename = "./lei-jun-test.wav";
+  std::string vad_filename = "./silero_vad.onnx";
+
+  VadModelConfig config;
+  config.silero_vad.model = vad_filename;
+  config.silero_vad.threshold = 0.1;
+  config.silero_vad.min_silence_duration = 0.5;
+  config.silero_vad.min_speech_duration = 0.25;
+  config.silero_vad.max_speech_duration = 20;
+  config.sample_rate = 16000;
+  config.debug = true;
+
+  VoiceActivityDetector vad = VoiceActivityDetector::Create(config, 20);
+  if (!vad.Get()) {
+    std::cerr << "Failed to create VAD. Please check your config\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  Wave wave = ReadWave(wave_filename);
+  if (wave.samples.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "Failed to read: '" << wave_filename << "'\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  bool is_eof = false;
+  int32_t i = 0;
+  int32_t window_size = config.silero_vad.window_size;
+
+  int32_t sample_rate = config.sample_rate;
+
+  std::vector<float> samples_without_silence;
+
+  while (!is_eof) {
+    if (i + window_size < wave.samples.size()) {
+      vad.AcceptWaveform(wave.samples.data() + i, window_size);
+      i += window_size;
+    } else {
+      is_eof = true;
+      vad.Flush();
+    }
+
+    while (!vad.IsEmpty()) {
+      auto segment = vad.Front();
+      float start_time = segment.start / static_cast<float>(sample_rate);
+      float end_time =
+          start_time + segment.samples.size() / static_cast<float>(sample_rate);
+      printf("%.3f -- %.3f\n", start_time, end_time);
+
+      samples_without_silence.insert(samples_without_silence.end(),
+                                     segment.samples.begin(),
+                                     segment.samples.end());
+
+      vad.Pop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool ok = WriteWave("./lei-jun-test-no-silence.wav",
+                      {samples_without_silence, sample_rate});
+  if (ok) {
+    std::cout << "Saved to ./lei-jun-test-no-silence.wav\n";
+  } else {
+    std::cerr << "Failed to write ./lei-jun-test-no-silence.wav\n";
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
index 3cd11a79..027364b9 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/c-api.h
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ SHERPA_ONNX_API typedef struct SherpaOnnxSileroVadModelConfig {
   // in seconds
   float min_speech_duration;
 
-  int window_size;
+  int32_t window_size;
 
   // If a speech segment is longer than this value, then we increase
   // the threshold to 0.9. After finishing detecting the segment,
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.cc b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.cc
index a8ba1958..45d30fa8 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.cc
@@ -558,4 +558,114 @@ int32_t OfflineSpeechDenoiser::GetSampleRate() const {
   return SherpaOnnxOfflineSpeechDenoiserGetSampleRate(p_);
 }
 
+CircularBuffer CircularBuffer::Create(int32_t capacity) {
+  auto p = SherpaOnnxCreateCircularBuffer(capacity);
+  return CircularBuffer(p);
+}
+
+CircularBuffer::CircularBuffer(const SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer *p)
+    : MoveOnly<CircularBuffer, SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer>(p) {}
+
+void CircularBuffer::Destroy(const SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer *p) const {
+  SherpaOnnxDestroyCircularBuffer(p);
+}
+
+void CircularBuffer::Push(const float *samples, int32_t n) const {
+  SherpaOnnxCircularBufferPush(p_, samples, n);
+}
+
+std::vector<float> CircularBuffer::Get(int32_t start_index, int32_t n) const {
+  const float *samples = SherpaOnnxCircularBufferGet(p_, start_index, n);
+  std::vector<float> ans(n);
+  std::copy(samples, samples + n, ans.begin());
+
+  SherpaOnnxCircularBufferFree(samples);
+  return ans;
+}
+
+void CircularBuffer::Pop(int32_t n) const {
+  SherpaOnnxCircularBufferPop(p_, n);
+}
+
+int32_t CircularBuffer::Size() const {
+  return SherpaOnnxCircularBufferSize(p_);
+}
+
+int32_t CircularBuffer::Head() const {
+  return SherpaOnnxCircularBufferHead(p_);
+}
+
+void CircularBuffer::Reset() const { SherpaOnnxCircularBufferReset(p_); }
+
+VoiceActivityDetector VoiceActivityDetector::Create(
+    const VadModelConfig &config, float buffer_size_in_seconds) {
+  struct SherpaOnnxVadModelConfig c;
+  memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
+
+  c.silero_vad.model = config.silero_vad.model.c_str();
+  c.silero_vad.threshold = config.silero_vad.threshold;
+  c.silero_vad.min_silence_duration = config.silero_vad.min_silence_duration;
+  c.silero_vad.min_speech_duration = config.silero_vad.min_speech_duration;
+  c.silero_vad.window_size = config.silero_vad.window_size;
+  c.silero_vad.max_speech_duration = config.silero_vad.max_speech_duration;
+
+  c.sample_rate = config.sample_rate;
+  c.num_threads = config.num_threads;
+  c.provider = config.provider.c_str();
+  c.debug = config.debug;
+
+  auto p = SherpaOnnxCreateVoiceActivityDetector(&c, buffer_size_in_seconds);
+  return VoiceActivityDetector(p);
+}
+
+VoiceActivityDetector::VoiceActivityDetector(
+    const SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector *p)
+    : MoveOnly<VoiceActivityDetector, SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector>(p) {}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::Destroy(
+    const SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector *p) const {
+  SherpaOnnxDestroyVoiceActivityDetector(p);
+}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::AcceptWaveform(const float *samples,
+                                           int32_t n) const {
+  SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorAcceptWaveform(p_, samples, n);
+}
+
+bool VoiceActivityDetector::IsEmpty() const {
+  return SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorEmpty(p_);
+}
+
+bool VoiceActivityDetector ::IsDetected() const {
+  return SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorDetected(p_);
+}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::Pop() const {
+  SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorPop(p_);
+}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::Clear() const {
+  SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorClear(p_);
+}
+
+SpeechSegment VoiceActivityDetector::Front() const {
+  auto f = SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorFront(p_);
+
+  SpeechSegment segment;
+  segment.start = f->start;
+  segment.samples = std::vector<float>{f->samples, f->samples + f->n};
+
+  SherpaOnnxDestroySpeechSegment(f);
+
+  return segment;
+}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::Reset() const {
+  SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorReset(p_);
+}
+
+void VoiceActivityDetector::Flush() const {
+  SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetectorFlush(p_);
+}
+
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx::cxx
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.h b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.h
index c3a3b096..94248996 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.h
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/c-api/cxx-api.h
@@ -500,6 +500,84 @@ class SHERPA_ONNX_API OfflineSpeechDenoiser
   explicit OfflineSpeechDenoiser(const SherpaOnnxOfflineSpeechDenoiser *p);
 };
 
+// ==============================
+// VAD
+// ==============================
+
+struct SileroVadModelConfig {
+  std::string model;
+  float threshold = 0.5;
+  float min_silence_duration = 0.5;
+  float min_speech_duration = 0.25;
+  int32_t window_size = 512;
+  float max_speech_duration = 20;
+};
+
+struct VadModelConfig {
+  SileroVadModelConfig silero_vad;
+
+  int32_t sample_rate = 16000;
+  int32_t num_threads = 1;
+  std::string provider = "cpu";
+  bool debug = false;
+};
+
+struct SpeechSegment {
+  int32_t start;
+  std::vector<float> samples;
+};
+
+class SHERPA_ONNX_API CircularBuffer
+    : public MoveOnly<CircularBuffer, SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer> {
+ public:
+  static CircularBuffer Create(int32_t capacity);
+
+  void Destroy(const SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer *p) const;
+
+  void Push(const float *p, int32_t n) const;
+
+  std::vector<float> Get(int32_t start_index, int32_t n) const;
+
+  void Pop(int32_t n) const;
+
+  int32_t Size() const;
+
+  int32_t Head() const;
+
+  void Reset() const;
+
+ private:
+  explicit CircularBuffer(const SherpaOnnxCircularBuffer *p);
+};
+
+class SHERPA_ONNX_API VoiceActivityDetector
+    : public MoveOnly<VoiceActivityDetector, SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector> {
+ public:
+  static VoiceActivityDetector Create(const VadModelConfig &config,
+                                      float buffer_size_in_seconds);
+
+  void Destroy(const SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector *p) const;
+
+  void AcceptWaveform(const float *samples, int32_t n) const;
+
+  bool IsEmpty() const;
+
+  bool IsDetected() const;
+
+  void Pop() const;
+
+  void Clear() const;
+
+  SpeechSegment Front() const;
+
+  void Reset() const;
+
+  void Flush() const;
+
+ private:
+  explicit VoiceActivityDetector(const SherpaOnnxVoiceActivityDetector *p);
+};
+
 }  // namespace sherpa_onnx::cxx
 
 #endif  // SHERPA_ONNX_C_API_CXX_API_H_
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
index 073cce14..7de2d324 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -317,11 +317,12 @@ if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_BINARY)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-keyword-spotter sherpa-onnx-keyword-spotter.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline sherpa-onnx-offline.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-audio-tagging sherpa-onnx-offline-audio-tagging.cc)
+  add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-language-identification sherpa-onnx-offline-language-identification.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-parallel sherpa-onnx-offline-parallel.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-punctuation sherpa-onnx-offline-punctuation.cc)
   add_executable(sherpa-onnx-online-punctuation sherpa-onnx-online-punctuation.cc)
-  add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser.cc)
+  add_executable(sherpa-onnx-vad sherpa-onnx-vad.cc)
 
   if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TTS)
     add_executable(sherpa-onnx-offline-tts sherpa-onnx-offline-tts.cc)
@@ -336,11 +337,12 @@ if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_BINARY)
     sherpa-onnx-keyword-spotter
     sherpa-onnx-offline
     sherpa-onnx-offline-audio-tagging
+    sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser
     sherpa-onnx-offline-language-identification
     sherpa-onnx-offline-parallel
     sherpa-onnx-offline-punctuation
-    sherpa-onnx-offline-denoiser
     sherpa-onnx-online-punctuation
+    sherpa-onnx-vad
   )
   if(SHERPA_ONNX_ENABLE_TTS)
     list(APPEND main_exes
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad-alsa.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad-alsa.cc
index af24350b..0139a1a4 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad-alsa.cc
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad-alsa.cc
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <iomanip>
 
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/alsa.h"
-#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/circular-buffer.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/voice-activity-detector.h"
 #include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/wave-writer.h"
 
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ as the device_name.
     exit(-1);
   }
 
-  int32_t chunk = 0.1 * alsa.GetActualSampleRate();
-
   auto vad = std::make_unique<sherpa_onnx::VoiceActivityDetector>(config);
 
   fprintf(stderr, "Started. Please speak\n");
@@ -95,36 +93,34 @@ as the device_name.
 
   int32_t k = 0;
   while (!stop) {
-    {
-      const std::vector<float> &samples = alsa.Read(chunk);
+    const std::vector<float> &samples = alsa.Read(window_size);
 
-      vad->AcceptWaveform(samples.data(), samples.size());
+    vad->AcceptWaveform(samples.data(), samples.size());
 
-      if (vad->IsSpeechDetected() && !printed) {
-        printed = true;
-        fprintf(stderr, "\nDetected speech!\n");
-      }
-      if (!vad->IsSpeechDetected()) {
-        printed = false;
-      }
+    if (vad->IsSpeechDetected() && !printed) {
+      printed = true;
+      fprintf(stderr, "\nDetected speech!\n");
+    }
+    if (!vad->IsSpeechDetected()) {
+      printed = false;
+    }
 
-      while (!vad->Empty()) {
-        const auto &segment = vad->Front();
-        float duration =
-            segment.samples.size() / static_cast<float>(sample_rate);
+    while (!vad->Empty()) {
+      const auto &segment = vad->Front();
+      float duration = segment.samples.size() / static_cast<float>(sample_rate);
 
-        fprintf(stderr, "Duration: %.3f seconds\n", duration);
+      fprintf(stderr, "Duration: %.3f seconds\n", duration);
 
-        char filename[128];
-        snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "seg-%d-%.3fs.wav", k, duration);
-        k += 1;
-        sherpa_onnx::WriteWave(filename, 16000, segment.samples.data(),
-                               segment.samples.size());
-        fprintf(stderr, "Saved to %s\n", filename);
-        fprintf(stderr, "----------\n");
+      std::ostringstream os;
+      os << "seg-" << k << "-" << std::fixed << std::setprecision(3) << duration
+         << "s.wav";
+      k += 1;
+      sherpa_onnx::WriteWave(os.str(), 16000, segment.samples.data(),
+                             segment.samples.size());
+      fprintf(stderr, "Saved to %s\n", os.str().c_str());
+      fprintf(stderr, "----------\n");
 
-        vad->Pop();
-      }
+      vad->Pop();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad.cc b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c24e8076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// sherpa-onnx/csrc/sherpa-onnx-vad.cc
+//
+// Copyright (c)  2025  Xiaomi Corporation
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/voice-activity-detector.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/wave-reader.h"
+#include "sherpa-onnx/csrc/wave-writer.h"
+
+int32_t main(int32_t argc, char *argv[]) {
+  const char *kUsageMessage = R"usage(
+This program shows how to use VAD in sherpa-onnx
+to remove silences from a file.
+
+  ./bin/sherpa-onnx-vad \
+    --silero-vad-model=/path/to/silero_vad.onnx \
+    /path/to/input.wav
+    /path/to/output.wav
+
+Please download silero_vad.onnx from
+https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad/raw/master/src/silero_vad/data/silero_vad.onnx
+
+For instance, use
+wget https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad/raw/master/src/silero_vad/data/silero_vad.onnx
+
+input.wav should be 16kHz.
+)usage";
+
+  sherpa_onnx::ParseOptions po(kUsageMessage);
+  sherpa_onnx::VadModelConfig config;
+
+  config.Register(&po);
+  po.Read(argc, argv);
+  if (po.NumArgs() != 2) {
+    fprintf(
+        stderr,
+        "Please provide only 2 argument2: the input wav and the output wav\n");
+    po.PrintUsage();
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", config.ToString().c_str());
+
+  if (!config.Validate()) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Errors in config!\n");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  std::string wav_filename = po.GetArg(1);
+  int32_t sampling_rate = -1;
+
+  bool is_ok = false;
+  std::vector<float> samples =
+      sherpa_onnx::ReadWave(wav_filename, &sampling_rate, &is_ok);
+
+  if (!is_ok) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read '%s'\n", wav_filename.c_str());
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (sampling_rate != 16000) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Support only 16000Hz. Given: %d\n", sampling_rate);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  auto vad = std::make_unique<sherpa_onnx::VoiceActivityDetector>(config);
+
+  int32_t window_size = config.silero_vad.window_size;
+
+  int32_t i = 0;
+  bool is_eof = false;
+
+  std::vector<float> samples_without_silence;
+
+  while (!is_eof) {
+    if (i + window_size < samples.size()) {
+      vad->AcceptWaveform(samples.data() + i, window_size);
+      i += window_size;
+    } else {
+      vad->Flush();
+      is_eof = true;
+    }
+
+    while (!vad->Empty()) {
+      const auto &segment = vad->Front();
+      float start_time = segment.start / static_cast<float>(sampling_rate);
+      float end_time = start_time + segment.samples.size() /
+                                        static_cast<float>(sampling_rate);
+
+      fprintf(stderr, "%.3f -- %.3f\n", start_time, end_time);
+      samples_without_silence.insert(samples_without_silence.end(),
+                                     segment.samples.begin(),
+                                     segment.samples.end());
+      vad->Pop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  sherpa_onnx::WriteWave(po.GetArg(2), sampling_rate,
+                         samples_without_silence.data(),
+                         samples_without_silence.size());
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "Saved to %s\n", po.GetArg(2).c_str());
+
+  return 0;
+}