Best free LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternatives

Looking for a free alternative to LTX-2 (Lightricks)? Here are 9 ai video generation worth trying — 9 with a free tier. LTX-2 (Lightricks) itself is free.

ToolLTX-2 (Lightricks) (you searched)Genmo (Mochi 1)Meta VibesHunyuanVideo (Tencent)
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LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternatives — straight answers

What is the best free alternative to LTX-2 (Lightricks)?

Genmo (Mochi 1) is the closest free alternative to LTX-2 (Lightricks): same AI Video Generation sub-category, and it is free. Fully open-source text-to-video model (Mochi 1) with downloadable weights

Are there free LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternatives?

Yes — 9 of the 9 alternatives listed here are free or freemium: Genmo (Mochi 1), Meta Vibes, HunyuanVideo (Tencent), HunyuanVideo 1.5, SkyReels V2. None of them are paid-only.

Is LTX-2 (Lightricks) free?

LTX-2 (Lightricks) is free. There is no paid plan attached to it in the catalog.

How were these LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternatives chosen?

They are the other tools in AI Video Generation, then the rest of Content & Media Generation, ordered free tiers first and capped at 9. There is no sponsorship and no paid placement in that ordering — only the pricing tier decides.

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Genmo (Mochi 1)

AI Video Generation
free

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Fully open-source text-to-video model (Mochi 1) with downloadable weights.

  • Fully open-source text-to-video model (Mochi 1) with downloadable weights
  • Runnable locally / self-hostable, no vendor lock-in
  • Free browser playground for quick testing

Meta Vibes

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Text-to-video and image-to-video generation with a remix feed.

  • Text-to-video and image-to-video generation with a remix feed
  • Free inside the Meta AI app and meta.ai
  • Share AI clips to Instagram and Facebook
  • Standalone Vibes app in limited test markets

HunyuanVideo (Tencent)

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Open-weights text-to-video and image-to-video models from Tencent.

  • Open-weights text-to-video and image-to-video models from Tencent
  • Runs locally with ComfyUI or diffusers on high-VRAM GPUs
  • Also available through Tencent's Hunyuan apps
  • Community LoRAs widely available

HunyuanVideo 1.5

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — 8.3B-parameter open text-to-video and image-to-video model.

  • 8.3B-parameter open text-to-video and image-to-video model
  • Runs on consumer GPUs; fp8 inference added Dec 2025
  • Free weights on GitHub and Hugging Face

SkyReels V2

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Open-source autoregressive diffusion-forcing model for long video (up to 60s).

  • Open-source autoregressive diffusion-forcing model for long video (up to 60s)
  • Text-to-video, image-to-video and video extension in 1.3B, 5B and 14B sizes
  • 540P/720P; playground at skyreels.ai

Kandinsky 5.0

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — MIT-licensed family: Video Pro (19B), Video Lite (2B) and Image Lite (6B).

  • MIT-licensed family: Video Pro (19B), Video Lite (2B) and Image Lite (6B)
  • Video Pro ranked top open-source text-to-video on LMArena (Dec 2025)
  • ComfyUI and Diffusers integrations

MAGI-1 (Sand AI)

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Apache-2.0 autoregressive video model generating chunk by chunk for text, image and video-to-video.

  • Apache-2.0 autoregressive video model generating chunk by chunk for text, image and video-to-video
  • Chunk-wise prompting for controllable long videos
  • MAGI-1.1 weights released June 2026; web interface at magi.sand.ai

CogVideoX (Zhipu)

AI Video Generation
freeNew

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Open text-to-video and image-to-video models (2B under Apache-2.0, 5B under CogVideoX license).

  • Open text-to-video and image-to-video models (2B under Apache-2.0, 5B under CogVideoX license)
  • CogKit toolkit for fine-tuning CogVideoX and CogView4
  • Free Hugging Face and ModelScope Space demos

Google Veo (Flow)

AI Video Generation
freemium

✦ WhyA LTX-2 (Lightricks) alternative — Veo 3.1 video generation with native synchronized audio.

  • Veo 3.1 video generation with native synchronized audio
  • Free daily credits for signed-in Google users, no card needed
  • Flow also covers image generation (ImageFX and Whisk merged in)
  • Scene builder and camera controls for multi-shot storytelling

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