Phosphene

Mac app for AI videos with sound, plus images, voices and songs. Runs fully offline once the models are downloaded.

Illustrative image, AI-generated
DifficultyBeginner
HardwareMac with Apple silicon only (M1 or newer) · 16 GB RAM minimum, 32 GB+ for everything · approx. 40 GB free storage
LicenseMIT (app); models have their own licenses
LinksWebsite · GitHub

Phosphene turns text or a still image into video clips with sound (LTX-2.5, MiniMax/Hailuo H3). It also does image generation and editing (e.g. FLUX, Qwen-Image-Edit), text-to-speech, and songs from lyrics (YuE2). You also get a storyboard, an editor, lip-sync and LoRA training right on your Mac. Since version 5.0 it comes with a regular installer, so you don't need the Terminal at all. No watermarks, no credits, no API keys. Heads-up: the models have their own licenses. Some are non-commercial only, and Hailuo H3 isn't cleared for use in the EU.

How to try it

Commands from the official guides – just copy them.

macOS

# 1. Download the installer from https://phosphene.video/download/
# 2. Open the download, drag Phosphene into the "Applications" folder and launch it
# 3. On first launch the app sets itself up – pick your models and let it download them (video model approx. 27.5 GB)

# Alternative via Pinokio (https://pinokio.co):
# Discover → Download from URL → paste https://github.com/mrbizarro/phosphene
# Click Install, then Start → Open Panel (opens in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:8198)

Commands from the official guide. New in the Toolbox since Nov 9, 2026.

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