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MAGI-1 (Sand AI)

Apache-2.0 autoregressive video model generating chunk by chunk for text, image and video-to-video

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What MAGI-1 (Sand AI) does

  • 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

MAGI-1 (Sand AI) — straight answers

What is MAGI-1 (Sand AI)?

MAGI-1 (Sand AI) is listed under AI Video Generation, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Apache-2.0 autoregressive video model generating chunk by chunk for text, image and video-to-video. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is MAGI-1 (Sand AI) free?

MAGI-1 (Sand AI) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use MAGI-1 (Sand AI) in a browser, or is there an app?

MAGI-1 (Sand AI) works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

What can MAGI-1 (Sand AI) do?

MAGI-1 (Sand AI) does 3 things the catalog singles out: 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.

What is the best free alternative to MAGI-1 (Sand AI)?

Genmo (Mochi 1) is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Video Generation sub-category and is free. Meta Vibes, CogVideoX (Zhipu) and HunyuanVideo (Tencent) also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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