Liveportrait
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
LivePortrait is Kuaishou's real-time portrait animation model — drive a still image with another person's face video, transferring expression and head motion frame-by-frame. Higher quality and faster than SadTalker for the same use case.
The 2024 evolution of synthetic talking-head video, optimized for real-time deployment.
What it's for
- Expression transfer — animate still photo with your live face video
- Eye / lip retargeting — fine-grained control modes
- Real-time animation — 30 FPS on RTX 4090
- Cross-identity animation — your face acting → applied to another portrait
- Game character animation from concept art + voice acting
- Avatar generation for personal video content
Who it's for
- Animation studios retargeting facial performances
- Game studios lipsync from voice + driving video
- Educational creators with branded character avatars
- Personal video creators producing animated content
- VR / metaverse builders for avatar systems
⚠ Same Acceptable Use Policy as SadTalker (see below).
Why teams pick LivePortrait over alternatives
- MIT license (code) — fully open
- Higher quality than SadTalker at similar VRAM
- Real-time speed (30 FPS on RTX 4090)
- Multiple retargeting modes — eyes only, eyes + lips, full expression
- Kuaishou backing — major Chinese video platform's research arm
- Active development + community LoRAs
Integrations
- Gradio web UI included
- Pair with: XTTS / F5-TTS for audio → driving video → portrait (advanced workflow)
- Pair with: SDXL / Flux for source portrait generation
- ComfyUI nodes — community wrappers
- CLI mode for batch
⚠ Acceptable Use Policy
- No impersonation without consent — written permission required
- Always disclose — label outputs as AI-generated when published
- No fraud / scam / defamation — synthetic faces in deceptive contexts off-limits
- Personal use: your own face animating your own portrait — OK
- Educational / creative: with proper license / consent — OK
- Commercial use: ALL source materials must have proper licenses
Notable users & community
- 14k+ GitHub stars
- Kuaishou (KwaiVGI) research backing
- Featured in mid-2024 synthetic video roundups
- Active research community + commercial early adopters
- Multiple ethical-deployment workflows published
Tips & operations
- Source portrait: high-res, frontal, single face
- Driving video: your face acting (or licensed footage), clear lighting
- Modes:
- Eyes-only: minimal change, subtle animation
- Eyes + lips: dialogue retargeting
- Full expression + head motion: dramatic animation
- Resolution: 256×256 default; 512×512 supported (slower)
- Speed: 30 FPS on RTX 4090, ~5-15 FPS on RTX 3060
- VRAM: 8 GB GPU recommended
What we ship in BluixApps
- Cloned
KwaiVGI/LivePortraitrepo - pytorch CUDA 12.4 base + ffmpeg
- Gradio app launcher
- Persistent volumes: repo, pretrained_weights (~2 GB), output (MP4)
- Port 7875 mapped (Gradio default 8890)
- Install report at
/root/bluixapps/liveportrait.txt - Acceptable Use Policy prominently noted
- LivePortrait vs SadTalker positioning explained
- Pairing suggestions (XTTS for audio, SDXL for portrait, advanced workflow notes)
- GPU pre-flight check via
bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime - Backup hook covers weights + outputs
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 |
