HunyuanVideo (Tencent)
Leading#3 in Open sourcehigh confidence
Tencent's 13B open video model (~12.4k GitHub★) — a benchmark reference for open-source cinematic text-to-video quality.Our read
Why it ranks #3
Approximately 12.4k GitHub stars and repeated inclusion in open-source video comparisons make HunyuanVideo a benchmark reference for large cinematic open models.Here is the catch
very high VRAM and storage demands
slow inference on consumer hardware
complex setup compared with hosted generators
Does this well
strong cinematic detail among open models
official Tencent research release
widely supported by community workflows
Pricing
Checked by hand on 2026-07-23. Prices in this category change often — if this looks wrong, it probably is.
Key features
13B text-to-video modelImage-to-video variantsBilingual prompt encodingPublished inference and training code
Quick facts
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- 4CogVideo / CogVideoX (Zhipu)Apache-2.0 CogVideoX (~12.9k GitHub★) — loads natively in HF Diffusers, strong prompt following and smooth frames; a go-to for developers.
- 5LTX-Video (Lightricks)Lightricks' real-time DiT video model (~10.7k GitHub★) — notable for fast, production-capable generation and active releases.
- 6Mochi 1 (Genmo)Genmo's Apache-2.0 Mochi 1 (~3.7k GitHub★) — a recognized open text-to-video model, lower adoption than the leaders above.
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