Open-weights model producing full songs up to five minutes from lyrics with section tags and a style description
8B global LLM plus 0.6B local LLM with flow-matching synthesis, 32 kHz stereo WAV
Runs in ComfyUI, Diffusers or SGLang-Omni; hosted version at minimax.io/audio/music
MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) — straight answers
What is MiniMax Music 3 (open weights)?
MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) is listed under AI Music & Audio, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-weights model producing full songs up to five minutes from lyrics with section tags and a style description. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at huggingface.co.
Is MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) free?
MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) 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 MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) in a browser, or is there an app?
MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on self-hosting.
What can MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) do?
MiniMax Music 3 (open weights) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open-weights model producing full songs up to five minutes from lyrics with section tags and a style description; 8b global llm plus 0.6b local llm with flow-matching synthesis, 32 khz stereo wav; runs in comfyui, diffusers or sglang-omni; hosted version at minimax.io/audio/music.
What is the best free alternative to MiniMax Music 3 (open weights)?
Podcastfy is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Music & Audio sub-category and is free. Riffusion, Treblo (formerly Sonauto) and YuE also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.