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LivePortrait

Ch 027.2of 26 Photo Animation Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
  3. 3Animation modesface
  4. 4Face animationYes
3 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: liveportrait.github.io
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Overview

LivePortrait is ranked #2 of 26 in photo animation software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Compared on photo animation software

Free plan
Yesliveportrait.github.io
Animation modes
faceliveportrait.github.io
Face animation
Yesliveportrait.github.io

Facts

purpose
LivePortrait synthesizes a lifelike portrait video from a single source image, using motion from a driving video, audio, text, or generation.liveportrait.github.io · 30 Sept 2026
controls
The system includes stitching and eye/lip retargeting modules for improved controllability.liveportrait.github.io · 30 Sept 2026
speed
Generation speed reaches 12.8 ms on an RTX 4090 GPU with PyTorch.liveportrait.github.io · 30 Sept 2026
animal support
Fine-tuned models can animate cats, dogs, and pandas using human driving motion.liveportrait.github.io · 30 Sept 2026
open source
The official implementation is provided as a PyTorch repository and is released under the MIT License.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
commercial licensing
InsightFace models included in the project are for non-commercial research, and commercial users must replace those detection models.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
local setup
The project requires git, conda, FFmpeg, Python 3.10, and downloaded pretrained weights.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
platform support
Humans mode supports Linux, Windows, and macOS with Apple Silicon; Intel macOS is not tested.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
animal limitation
Animals mode is only tested on Linux and Windows with an NVIDIA GPU and is unsupported on macOS because X-Pose does not support macOS.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
web access
The project provides an online demo through Hugging Face Spaces.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
integrations
Community resources include FaceFusion, ComfyUI nodes, a Stable Diffusion WebUI extension, Replicate, FAL, Poe, and Hugging Face Spaces.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
privacy
Motion templates can be used to speed inference and protect privacy.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
security updates
The maintainers updated the transformers and gradio versions to avoid security vulnerabilities.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
risk notice
The maintainers warn that portrait animation can be misused for deepfakes and state that they assume no legal responsibility for generated results.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
support
Users are invited to raise GitHub issues or submit pull requests, and the repository lists Jianzhu Guo's email contact.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Animation controls
The project includes stitching and eye and lip retargeting controls for portrait animation.liveportrait.github.io · 2 Oct 2026
Video editing
The project supports portrait video editing using a source video and a driving video.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Animal animation
An animal model can animate cats, dogs, and pandas using human-driven motion.liveportrait.github.io · 2 Oct 2026
Performance
The project reports generation speed of 12.8 ms on an RTX 4090 GPU with PyTorch.liveportrait.github.io · 2 Oct 2026
Local use
The repository provides inference code, pretrained models, and a Gradio interface for local use.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Supported systems
The repository documents human-mode use on Linux and Windows and on Apple Silicon macOS; Intel macOS is untested or unsupported in the stated instructions.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Hardware limits
The repository says animal mode is tested only on Linux and Windows with an NVIDIA GPU, and is unsupported on macOS because its X-Pose dependency does not support macOS.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Web demo
The maintainers link to a LivePortrait demo hosted on Hugging Face Spaces.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Security
The maintainers report updating the Transformers and Gradio library versions in October 2024 to avoid security vulnerabilities.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
License and commercial use
The repository includes an MIT license but says commercial users must remove and replace InsightFace detection models to comply with that license.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Ethics
The maintainers warn about deepfake misuse, note that generated results may contain visual artifacts, and disclaim legal responsibility for use of generated results.github.com · 2 Oct 2026
Community integrations
The repository lists community-developed ComfyUI nodes, a Stable Diffusion WebUI extension, and FaceFusion processors that use LivePortrait.github.com · 2 Oct 2026

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