Model profile

VideoCrafter AI video generator

A classic open research line for text-to-video and image-to-video generation.

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Should You Use VideoCrafter?

Use it for: research baselines, open T2V, open I2V

Skip or compare first if: Older research baseline. May require technical setup.

Positioning: A classic open research line for text-to-video and image-to-video generation.

Top Capabilities

  • Classic open video generationVideoCrafter provides open video generation code and checkpoints across multiple versions.Source
  • Primary source-backed profileVideoCrafter has an official source, repository, paper, or model card attached for verification.Source
  • Open/self-hosted access pathVideoCrafter can be evaluated through open code, weights, or model-card resources when license terms allow.Source

Company Snapshot

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Price, Access, Open Status

Access: Open Weights, Research Only

Open/closed: Open. Open code, weights, or model-card resources are listed; verify license terms before commercial use.

Open/self-hosted; compute cost only unless using a hosted endpoint.

Price, regional access, and commercial terms need a live check before cost-sensitive recommendations.

Latest Version

VideoCrafter1

2023 / partial

Early controllable video generation baseline.

Latest News

VideoCrafter GitHub repository

2026 / AILab-CVC GitHub

External source link for this model.

Open original

Why It Ranks Here

Rank: #31 57

Score source: Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection.. Evidence confidence is medium.

Rankings Methodology

Key Score Drivers

These are the scoring dimensions most responsible for the current ranking position.

  • Model Quality Proxy: 57Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection.
  • Capability Depth: 67Supported workflow tags: t2v, i2v, open_weights. Depth rewards T2V/I2V/V2V, references, native audio, editing, API, and open weights where present.
  • Ecosystem Popularity: 100GitHub snapshot includes 1 repo(s), 5,068 stars, 414 forks, 74 open issues, latest pushed 2026-01-09T15:01:22Z.
  • Version Maturity: 613 version/history entries in the profile; latest public date is 2024-2025.

Alternatives And Comparisons

Use these when price, access, output style, or workflow fit is uncertain.

  • SeedanceByteDance's frontier video generation family for multimodal, audio-video, short-form, and cinematic creator workflows.View modelCompare
  • KlingKuaishou's broad AI video and image generation platform for text-to-video, image-to-video, native audio, references, and creator effects.View modelCompare
  • PixVerseA creator-friendly AI video platform with strong API coverage for text-to-video, image-to-video, transitions, extension, and reference fusion.View modelCompare
  • ViduShengShu Technology's video model family for native audio-video storytelling, image-to-video, and scene-oriented short-form production.View modelCompare

What It Is

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VideoCrafter is an influential open video generation project used widely in research comparisons before newer frontier systems. It supports text-to-video and image-to-video workflows through multiple generations.

It belongs in the benchmark archive and open-model section rather than the consumer top-tools list.

Version Progress

  • 2023 / partial / partialVideoCrafter1Early controllable video generation baseline.

Open / Source Evidence

Status: Open

Open code, weights, or model-card resources are listed; verify license terms before commercial use.

Latest News

Model-specific news entries link directly to the original publisher; article bodies stay off-site.

Full Score Breakdown

Weighted evidence dimensions separate model quality from access, web authority, ecosystem, and source confidence. See methodology and rankings.

DimensionScoreWeightEvidenceConfidence
Model Quality Proxy 57 24% Provisional quality proxy based on official/research evidence and catalogue presence; exact external rank requires live leaderboard/API collection. medium
Missing: live Artificial Analysis rank/Elo by modality, live Arena AI rank/score by modality
Capability Depth 67 16% Supported workflow tags: t2v, i2v, open_weights. Depth rewards T2V/I2V/V2V, references, native audio, editing, API, and open weights where present. medium
Missing: hands-on feature verification, mode-specific limits by duration/resolution
Access And Pricing 30 12% Access types: open_weights, research_only. Pricing note: Open/self-hosted; compute cost only unless using a hosted endpoint. low
Missing: current free tier, normalized price per video minute
Version Maturity 61 12% 3 version/history entries in the profile; latest public date is 2024-2025. high
Missing: automated release-note monitor, model ID/version mapping across providers
Ecosystem Popularity 100 10% GitHub snapshot includes 1 repo(s), 5,068 stars, 414 forks, 74 open issues, latest pushed 2026-01-09T15:01:22Z. high
Missing: Hugging Face downloads/likes, Replicate/fal usage/runs
Web Authority 28 10% SEO snapshot found product domain github.com and company domain unknown; sampled sitemap URL count is unknown.

No public source link is attached yet.

 medium
Missing: Similarweb/API traffic, Tranco rank
Company Distribution 30 10% Company profile is missing; distribution score is provisional. low
Missing: app store ratings/review volume, product MAU/traffic
Source Confidence 90 6% Profile source confidence is confirmed with 1 official URL(s), 1 feature evidence item(s), SEO present, GitHub present. high
Missing: paid/API evidence refresh, manual output review artifacts

Limitations And Pricing

Open/self-hosted; compute cost only unless using a hosted endpoint.

  • Older Research Baseline.
  • May Require Technical Setup.

Sources