Model · Video

Open-Sora

A fully open-source video model (code and weights under Apache 2.0) that turns a description or a photo into a short clip, about 5 seconds long. It is free, but needs a data-centre graphics card with 45-60 GB of memory.

Go to Open-Sora’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Fully open
Weights and code downloadable under a standard open licence
Code and weights under Apache 2.0.
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Licence: Apache 2.0 (Permissive (e.g. Apache 2.0, MIT))
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Can I sell what I make?: Yes
Apache 2.0 allows commercial use; the model card adds no output restrictions that we saw.
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Cost: Free option: Free to download and run yourself
Plans below.
How you use it: On your own computer
Memory figures measured on H100/H800 with 50 steps. A Hugging Face Space demo also exists. OS not stated.
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Skill needed: Technical
Our judgement: Python install, command line and data-centre GPUs.
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Made by: HPC-AI Technology (hpcaitech)
No company address or country stated on the pages read.
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Status: Available
Latest release Open-Sora 2.0 (March 2025); no newer release announced on the repo page.
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What you can make with it

A video, from a description (main use)
A video, by bringing a photo to life

text to videoimage to video

Model card: 'Both T2V and I2V are supported by one model.'

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

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Rights and safety

Limits: max video seconds: 5; note: Demos show 5-second clips; no maximum stated for 2.0.
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Where you can run it

Hugging Face

Other options for “A video, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Premiere, Akool, Animoto, Arcads, Canva AI (Magic Studio), CapCut, Civitai, CogVideoX, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DomoAI, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, Fliki, Fotor, Genmo, getimg.ai, Google Flow

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.