Jasna vs ShortGPT

Side by side, as alternatives to HeyGen. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces HeyGen: + Pixelle-Video

JasnaKruk2/jasna

ShortGPTRayVentura/ShortGPT

HeyGenpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free plan (up to 3 videos/month); paid plans: see pricing page source ↗

AI avatar (talking presenter) videos

Partly

Yes

Video translation and dubbing

Partly

Yes

Script or prompt to video

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

3 of 3 jobs

1 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

3,242

8,053Top

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

283Top

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Latest release

v0.11.3 · 2026-10-20Top

v0.3.0 · 2025-02-10

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Commits / 12 wk

399

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People committing / 12 mo

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

83 / 72

0 / 0

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Yes, desktop app and CLI that run on your GPU

Yes, Gradio web app in Docker on your machine (or Google Colab)

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

AGPL-3.0

MIT

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Model weights licenceDiffers

Mixed: Jasna RF-DETR detectors Apache-2.0, Lada models AGPL-3.0, LTX weights under the LTX-2.x Community Licence, supporter models proprietary

No bundled weights; uses cloud LLM and TTS services

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Commercial useDiffers

Public application source is AGPL-3.0-only, with its obligations. Commercial rights for each model/supporter component must be checked separately.

Yes, MIT code; OpenAI/Gemini, ElevenLabs and Pexels terms also apply

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Paid services needed?Differs

None for the free BasicVSR++ model; supporter models (UNet 4x, SD 1.5, LTX) need a paid supporter licence code

A cloud LLM API key is required (OpenAI or Google Gemini); no local model option. ElevenLabs optional, Edge TTS free

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

NVIDIA GTX 16-series/RTX 20-series or newer (compute capability 7.5+), or AMD Radeon RX 7000/9000 (experimental); SSD advised; LTX needs NVIDIA RTX, 8 GB+ VRAM and 16 GB RAM

Not documented

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Operating systemsDiffers

Windows and Linux (NVIDIA, or AMD experimental); macOS not documented

Docker (any OS with Docker) or Google Colab; manual install documented for Debian 11 only

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Setup effortDiffers

Easy; download the release for your system and GPU, unpack and run

Medium, build and run the Docker image with an .env of API keys

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Stars over time

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Jasna vs ShortGPT (as alternatives to HeyGen)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=jasna,shortgpt&product=heygen

HeyGen: Free plan (up to 3 videos/month); paid plans: see pricing page
Jasna: free software; does 3 of 3 HeyGen jobs
ShortGPT: free software; does 1 of 3 HeyGen jobs

- Jasna: 3,242 GitHub stars, 399 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0
- ShortGPT: 8,053 GitHub stars, 0 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Jasna Yes, desktop app and CLI that run on your GPU; ShortGPT Yes, Gradio web app in Docker on your machine (or Google Colab)
- Code licence: Jasna AGPL-3.0; ShortGPT MIT
- Model weights licence: Jasna Mixed: Jasna RF-DETR detectors Apache-2.0, Lada models AGPL-3.0, LTX weights under the LTX-2.x Community Licence, supporter models proprietary; ShortGPT No bundled weights; uses cloud LLM and TTS services
- Commercial use: Jasna Public application source is AGPL-3.0-only, with its obligations. Commercial rights for each model/supporter component must be checked separately.; ShortGPT Yes, MIT code; OpenAI/Gemini, ElevenLabs and Pexels terms also apply
- Paid services needed?: Jasna None for the free BasicVSR++ model; supporter models (UNet 4x, SD 1.5, LTX) need a paid supporter licence code; ShortGPT A cloud LLM API key is required (OpenAI or Google Gemini); no local model option. ElevenLabs optional, Edge TTS free
- Hardware: Jasna NVIDIA GTX 16-series/RTX 20-series or newer (compute capability 7.5+), or AMD Radeon RX 7000/9000 (experimental); SSD advised; LTX needs NVIDIA RTX, 8 GB+ VRAM and 16 GB RAM; ShortGPT Not documented
- Operating systems: Jasna Windows and Linux (NVIDIA, or AMD experimental); macOS not documented; ShortGPT Docker (any OS with Docker) or Google Colab; manual install documented for Debian 11 only
- Setup effort: Jasna Easy; download the release for your system and GPU, unpack and run; ShortGPT Medium, build and run the Docker image with an .env of API keys

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