Model · Video
MAGI-1
A free, open video model from Sand AI that animates a photo, continues an existing clip or makes video from a description, building it chunk by chunk. The small version needs a 24 GB graphics card; the large one needs data-centre hardware.
At a glance
- Open or closed
- Fully openWeights and code downloadable under a standard open licenceApache 2.0.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Licence
- Apache 2.0 (Permissive (e.g. Apache 2.0, MIT))source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Can I sell what I make?
- YesApache 2.0 allows commercial use; the card has no separate statement about outputs.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
- Cost
- Free option: Free to download and run yourselfPlans below.
- How you use it
- On your own computer, In your browserweb_app = Sand AI's own site linked from the card (not checked). No HF inference provider deploys it; ComfyUI integration exists.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Skill needed
- TechnicalOur judgement.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
- Made by
- Sand AINo address or country stated on the model card.source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
- Status
- AvailableLatest news on the card is from May 2025 (ComfyUI support, 4.5B distill release).source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
What you can make with it
- A video, by bringing a photo to life (main use)
- A video, from a description
- A video, a longer version of a clip
image to videotext to videovideo to video
Pipeline tag is image-to-video; card also lists text-to-video and video-to-video (continuing a prefix video).
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Plans and prices
No paid plans listed.
Sand AI also runs a hosted app at magi.sand.ai; its pricing was not checked.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Related
Where you can run it
Other options for “A video, by bringing a photo to life”
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About this entry
Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.