ShortGPT vs Jasna

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

ShortGPTRayVentura/ShortGPT

JasnaKruk2/jasna

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

1 of 3 jobs

3 of 3 jobs

All 3

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

8,053Top

3,242

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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

v0.3.0 · 2025-02-10

v0.11.3 · 2026-10-20Top

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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

0 / 0

83 / 72

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

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

Yes, desktop app and CLI that run on your GPU

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

MIT

AGPL-3.0

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Model weights licenceDiffers

No bundled weights; uses cloud LLM and TTS services

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

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Commercial useDiffers

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

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

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Paid services needed?Differs

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

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

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

Not documented

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

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Operating systemsDiffers

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

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

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Setup effortDiffers

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

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

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Stars over time

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

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

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

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

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