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Open-Sora vs CogVideoX: catalog facts
Open-Sora	CogVideoX
Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.	Free Free to download; model use is governed by a separate model licence.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Models, training code and details published openly Gradio interface for local generation	Text-to-video and image-to-video generation Fine-tuning code included
Requires powerful GPUs Setup needs Python and machine learning experience	Needs a powerful GPU to run locally Model weights have their own licence terms
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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