# LivePortrait

> Efficient portrait animation from still photos guided by driving videos.

LivePortrait is an open-source portrait animation framework developed by researchers at Kuaishou Technology. It accurately transfers facial expressions, gaze, and head movements from a driving video or motion template onto a static portrait photograph or existing video. It is designed for high computational efficiency, running in milliseconds per frame on modern GPUs.

Website: https://huggingface.co/KlingTeam/LivePortrait

## What it is for

- Animate static portrait photos using facial motions from a driving video
- Edit head poses and expressions in existing portrait videos (video-to-video)
- Generate animated talking avatars for game design, social media, or virtual assistants
- Animate animal faces using the specialized animal model weights

## Features

- Stitching and retargeting modules for accurate eye and lip movement control
- Image-to-video and video-to-video animation modes
- Gradio web UI and CLI inference scripts
- Driving video auto-cropping and motion template (.pkl) extraction
- Apple Silicon (MPS) and Windows standalone package support
- Community integrations with ComfyUI workflows
- Dedicated model variant for animating animal faces

## Pricing

Open source. Free and open source under the MIT license.

## Details

- Type: AI model
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS, Command line, Code library, Self-hosted, Web
- For: AI researchers, video creators, animators, and developers building talking-head avatar workflows.
- Alternative to: SadTalker, HeyGen, D-ID, First Order Motion Model
- Tags: liveportrait, portrait animation, talking head, computer vision, pytorch, comfyui

## Why it was saved

- [@artemiy.miller, 29 October 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBt8b8nM-3T/): Accurately transfers real-time facial expressions, gaze, and lip sync to a still photograph.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to D-ID](https://xiry.app/alternatives/d-id.md)
- [Alternatives to HeyGen](https://xiry.app/alternatives/heygen.md)

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Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/liveportrait-623

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