Alternatives to CogVideoX

Open text-to-video and image-to-video generation models with inference and fine-tuning code. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as CogVideoX.

  • HunyuanVideo

    Tencent's large text-to-video generation model, with weights and inference code you run yourself.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxCommand line

    HunyuanVideo is Tencent's text-to-video model with published weights and a Gradio interface, but needs a high-end GPU and uses a custom licence.

  • Wan 2.2

    Open, advanced large-scale video generation model for local use.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxCommand line

    Wan 2.2 is Apache-2.0 licensed with several model variants to fit different GPUs and runs on Windows too, though it lacks an official end-user GUI.

  • Open-Sora

    An open-source video generation project releasing models, training code and tools for text-to-video.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxCommand line

    Open-Sora publishes models and training code with a Gradio interface and a large community, but requires powerful GPUs and machine learning experience.

  • LTX-2

    Open local video model that generates synchronized audio and video.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsLinuxCommand line

    LTX-2 generates synchronized audio and video together, includes an official LoRA trainer and runs on Windows, though its license terms are not standard.

  • Mochi 1 (Genmo)

    Open state-of-the-art video generation model from research lab Genmo.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxCommand line

    Mochi 1 has Apache-2.0 open weights with consumer-GPU support through ComfyUI, though its repository shows no activity since late 2025.

  • FramePack

    Local image-to-video generator that predicts frames progressively so it runs on consumer GPUs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    FramePack is Apache-2.0 image-to-video code that keeps workload constant for longer videos on consumer GPUs, but lacks text-to-video and fine-tuning code.

Also worth comparing

These listings name CogVideoX as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Wan2GP

    A local AI video generator built to run open video and image models on low-memory GPUs.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsLinux

    CogVideoX is research code for text-to-video and image-to-video with fine-tuning support, needing a powerful GPU rather than targeting low-memory cards.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.