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ACE-Step

ACE-Step is an open-weight AI model, released in 2025, made for developers and people who don't write code.

An open music generation model that writes full songs with vocals from lyrics and a style prompt.

Main jobs: Music generation. It is open source and free to use. You can use it offline on your own machine, on your own server and through an API.

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Type
Model
Released
2025
Open source
Yes · Apache-2.0
GitHub stars
4,857
How you run it
Runs offline · Self-host · API
Made for
Developers · No-code users

What it can do

  • Music generationmain jobunconfirmed

    “a novel open-source foundation model for music generation that overcomes key limitations of existing approaches”— ace-step.github.io, 2026-09-24

unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration

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What is ACE-Step?

ACE-Step is an open-weight AI model, released in 2025, made for developers and people who don't write code. An open music generation model that writes full songs with vocals from lyrics and a style prompt.

Is ACE-Step free?

Yes. ACE-Step is open source (Apache-2.0) and free to use.

Is ACE-Step open source?

Yes, under the Apache-2.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step.

Can ACE-Step run locally?

Yes. ACE-Step can run offline on your own machine. It can also be self-hosted on your own server.

What can ACE-Step do?

Main jobs: Music generation.

What are open-source alternatives to ACE-Step?

Open-source ones: AudioCraft. Others: Suno, Udio and ElevenLabs.

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