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CogVideoX

CogVideoX is an open-weight AI model from Zhipu AI 智谱, released in 2022, made for developers.

An open-weight text-to-video and image-to-video model family from Zhipu AI.

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

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At a glance

Type
Model
Released
2022
Galaxy
Video
Open source
Yes · Apache-2.0
GitHub stars
13,041
How you run it
Self-host · Runs offline · API
Made for
Developers
Website
github.com
Also known as
CogVideo

What it can do

  • Image to videomain jobunconfirmed

    “We have open-sourced the CogVideoX series image-to-video model CogVideoX-5B-I2V . This model can take an image as a background input and generate a video combined with prompt words”— github.com, 2026-09-24
  • Text to videomain jobunconfirmed

    “the CogVideoX series models now support three tasks: text-to-video generation, video continuation, and image-to-video generation”— github.com, 2026-09-24

unconfirmedproposed by a machine, awaiting calibration

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What is CogVideoX?

CogVideoX is an open-weight AI model from Zhipu AI 智谱, released in 2022, made for developers. An open-weight text-to-video and image-to-video model family from Zhipu AI.

Is CogVideoX free?

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

Is CogVideoX open source?

Yes, under the Apache-2.0 license. The source code is at https://github.com/zai-org/CogVideo.

Can CogVideoX run locally?

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

What can CogVideoX do?

Main jobs: Image to video, Text to video.

Who makes CogVideoX?

CogVideoX is made by Zhipu AI 智谱.

What are open-source alternatives to CogVideoX?

Open-source ones: Open-Sora. Others: Kling 可灵, Kling 可灵, Runway, Veo · Flow, Hailuo 海螺 and Jimeng 即梦.

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