SkyReels-V2

Diffusion-forcing video model generating effectively unlimited-length clips at 540p and 720p.

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Billed as the first infinite-length film generative model, SkyReels-V2 from Skywork AI uses a Diffusion Forcing framework that generates video autoregressively, extending clips indefinitely instead of stopping at a fixed frame budget. Released open weights come in 1.3B and 14B sizes, with a 5B series still listed as coming soon, covering text-to-video, image-to-video, video extension, and camera control at 540p (544x960, 97 frames per segment) or 720p (720x1280, 121 frames), and the release includes the SkyCaptioner-V1 video captioning model used to build its training data. Peak VRAM runs from about 14.7 GB for the 1.3B model at 540p up to 51.2 GB for the 14B with diffusion forcing, with xDiT USP multi-GPU inference and Diffusers integration available. Installation is pip install -r requirements.txt on Python 3.10. The models ship under the custom Skywork Community License, which permits commercial use subject to conditions rather than being a standard OSI license. With around 7,300 GitHub stars it is a popular base for long-form open video work, and Skywork shipped the successor SkyReels-V3 in January 2026.

Should you use SkyReels-V2?

Pick it when

Pick SkyReels-V2 when clips must run past a fixed frame budget, such as long takes or extended scenes, and you can start on a 16 GB card with the 1.3B model at 540p before moving up to 14B.

Look elsewhere when

Skip it if you need an OSI license: the Skywork Community License attaches conditions, while LongCat-Video does minutes-long 720p under MIT. The 14B diffusion forcing path peaks around 51 GB, beyond any single consumer card.

Alternatives to SkyReels-V2

  • LongCat-Video

    MIT-licensed minutes-long 720p at 30 fps with continuation built in, but it comes in a single 13.6B size with no 1.3B-class option.

  • FramePack

    Reaches 60 seconds on a 6 GB card with a one-click Windows package, far lighter, but built around image-to-video rather than V2's 720p text-to-video.

  • SkyReels-V3

    Successor focused on reference identity, footage extension, and audio avatars at 720p, but every model is 14B or larger and it wants 24 GB.

  • MAGI-1

    Autoregressive chunk-by-chunk generation that streams output under Apache-2.0, a similar idea, but even its smallest 4.5B model wants a 24 GB card.

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Details

Price
Free
Platform
Local/Desktop
Difficulty
Intermediate (3/5)
License
Skywork Community License
Minimum VRAM
15 GB
Added
Jul 29, 2026

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