LongCat-Video-Avatar
Newest open avatar model, with lively gestures and two speakers.
FreeOpenRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Expressive avatars on big GPUs
- On your PC
- Technical
- Works on
- Linux
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Most expressive motion among open models in a 2026 test
- Two people talking in one video
- MIT license, commercial use allowed
Downsides
- Measured using about 47 GB of graphics memory
- Command line only; no simple app
At a glance.
- Best for
- Expressive avatars on big GPUs
- Price
- Free, open source
- Version
- LongCat-Video-Avatar 1.5Released 2026-05-21
- Works on
- Linux
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- Meituan LongCat
- Website
- huggingface.co
Should you use it?
It is #8 of 12. Good for expressive avatars on big gpus; for most people, HeyGen is the better start.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Technical: command line or python.
Use Python scripts; community GGUF files for ComfyUI.
- You need
- Data-center GPU; measured 47 GB VRAM peak at 480p
- Setup
- TechnicalCommand line or Python
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBToo small
- Mac, 32 GBToo small
- Mac, 64 GB+Too small
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 16 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 24 GB GPUToo small
- WorkstationRuns