MuseTalk
Light lip sync model that runs even on a 4 GB laptop.
FreeOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Lip sync on modest PCs
- On your PC
- Technical
- Works on
- Linux, Windows
- License
- MIT
What’s good
- Runs on a 4 GB laptop graphics card
- Real time on a strong GPU, good for live use
- Commercial use allowed
Downsides
- Only the mouth moves; blurrier than newer models
- Slow on small cards, 5 minutes for 8 seconds
- Needs Python setup
At a glance.
- Best for
- Lip sync on modest PCs
- Price
- Free, open source
- Version
- MuseTalk 1.5Released 2025-03-28
- Works on
- Linux, Windows
- Open source
- Yes, MIT
- Made by
- Tencent Music (Lyra Lab)
- Website
- github.com
Should you use it?
It is #11 of 12. Good for lip sync on modest pcs; for most people, HeyGen is the better start.
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Technical: command line or python.
Use Python scripts, Gradio app in the repo.
- You need
- NVIDIA GPU with 4 GB, like an RTX 3050 Ti laptop
- 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 GPURuns
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns