Open Source Runway AlternativesAI Video Generators and other similar apps like Runway

The best open source alternative to Runway is Wan. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Runway and seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Runway are Hotshot, Mochi AI, Stable Video Diffusion and Samsar.

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  1. Wan icon
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    Advanced video model with state-of-the-art performance, generating 480/720p video on consumer GPUs, supports tasks including Text-to-Video, Image conversion, editing, and unique bilingual text generation using powerful VAEs.

    61 Wan alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  2. Hotshot icon
     22 likes

    Hotshot is an AI text-to-video / text-to-GIF model, designed with a deep understanding of the public People, Places, and Things we care about most.

    33 Hotshot alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
     
  3. Mochi AI icon
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    Achieves realistic motion quality respecting physical laws and superior prompt adherence for controlling characters and actions, generating fluid human expressions. As a world simulator, it enables explorations in synthetic realities, blending text, audio, images, and 3D seamlessly. Open-source under Apache 2.0.

    47 Mochi AI alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  4. Stable Video is designed to serve a wide range of video applications in fields such as Media, Entertainment, Education, Marketing. It empowers individuals to transform text and image inputs into vivid scenes and elevates concepts into live action, cinematic creations.

    61 Stable Video Diffusion alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
  5. Samsar icon
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    An ai-enabled video-editor. Create scenes using text prompts, edit frames and add animations, audio, etc.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Enables explorable, interactive 3D worlds from text or image input via semantically layered mesh, panoramic world proxies, mesh export, and object-level manipulation, supporting applications in simulation, virtual reality, game development, and content creation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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