Hunyuanvideo
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
HunyuanVideo is Tencent's flagship open-source video foundation model (December 2024) — at 13 billion parameters, it's the largest open video model available. Cinema-quality text-to-video, image-to-video, 720p output, with strong physics, camera motion control, and prompt adherence.
The "premium quality" pillar of open video AI, competing with OpenAI Sora and Kling.
What it's for
- Cinematic-quality video — film-grade visual fidelity
- Strong camera motion — dolly, pan, orbit, crane shots from prompts
- Physics-accurate motion — water, fire, fabric, glass
- Long-form prompts — handles complex multi-element scenes
- HD output — 1280×720 native
- Image-to-video — extend any reference image
Who it's for
- Film/animation studios producing high-end pre-visualization
- High-end content agencies with premium client budgets
- Researchers studying state-of-art video generation
- Power AI hosting providers offering premium tier
- AI startups building Sora-class products
Why teams pick HunyuanVideo over alternatives
- Tencent custom license — commercial OK up to 100M MAU
- Highest open quality in late-2024 / early-2025
- 13B parameters = significantly more capable than CogVideoX 5B
- Physics + camera motion — among the best open models
- Active development — Tencent investing serious resources
- Sub-realistic style — aligned with modern cinematic AI aesthetics
Integrations
- Gradio web UI included
- HuggingFace Diffusers integration (partial as of release)
- ComfyUI community wrappers emerging
- Multi-GPU inference for 80GB-equivalent via tensor splitting
- API mode via Gradio
- Pair with prompts: LLM prompt-enhance significantly boosts quality
Notable users & community
- 8k+ GitHub stars (rapidly growing)
- Tencent corporate backing
- Featured in major AI tracker newsletters as Sora open competitor
- Active community wrapping for ComfyUI + Diffusers
- Multiple early-stage commercial integrations
Tips & operations
- VRAM required: 60+ GB single-card OR 2× 24GB cards via splitting
- Lower-VRAM: fp8 quantized community fork works on 24 GB
- First boot: model weights ~50 GB download — 30-60 min over fast network
- Speed: 15-25 min per 5s video on dual RTX 4090; faster on H100
- Detailed prompts: complex scene descriptions yield best results
- Camera language: "camera slowly orbits...", "dolly forward into the scene"
- Subject prompts: describe scene STATE, not actions ("water flowing" not "water flows")
- Production: dedicated GPU server; not for shared multi-user without queue management
What we ship in BluixApps
- Cloned
Tencent/HunyuanVideorepo - pytorch/pytorch CUDA 12.4 + shm-size 8g for inference
- Gradio server launcher
- Persistent volumes: repo, models (~50 GB!), outputs (MP4)
- Port 7864 mapped
- Install report at
/root/bluixapps/hunyuanvideo.txt - Premium GPU requirement clearly documented
- GPU pre-flight check via
bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime - Backup hook covers models + outputs
- Suggests lighter alternative (LTX-Video) for smaller VRAM
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |
