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LTX Desktop is an open-source desktop app for AI video generation with LTX models. It runs locally on supported Windows and Linux NVIDIA GPUs and on Apple Silicon Macs. Generation runs on your own hardware. Prompts and media leave your computer only when you use an optional cloud feature, such as API text encoding or Gemini prompt enhancement.
Status: Beta. Expect breaking changes. Frontend architecture is under active refactor. Large UI PRs may be declined for now (see
CONTRIBUTING.md).
The app opens on a gallery of ready-to-use tools. Generations run through one shared queue and land in an Assets library.
- Video generation. Text to Video, Image to Video (start frame, optional end frame), and Audio to Video. All run locally.
- Video editing. Retake regenerates a selected part of a clip. Extend adds frames before or after a clip.
- IC-LoRA tools. Video-to-video effects such as Day to Night, Deblur, Colorization, Clean Plate, and Layout to Render.
- LoRA recipes. One-click styles and camera moves such as Cozy Felt, Claymation, Dolly In, and Jib Up.
- Prompt enhancement. Automatic prompt rewriting before local generation. The manual Enhance button appears when auto-enhance is off.
- Generation queue and Assets library. Reorder or cancel jobs. Generations and assets persist across restarts.
- Assistant. A chat that finds your assets and queues local videos, recipes, extensions, and retakes, using the Gemini API or a local Qwen model. See Assistant.
- Remote. Use the app from a phone on the same network. See Remote.
- Light and dark themes. Choose System (default), Light, or Dark in Settings > General > Appearance.
- Deep links. Open a tool with
ltxdesktop://fetcher/{tool}, for exampleltxdesktop://fetcher/t2v. Open the Assets library withltxdesktop://assets.
| Section | Tool | Input | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workflows | Text to Video | Prompt | Generates a video with matching audio from a text prompt |
| Workflows | Image to Video | Start frame, optional end frame | Animates a still image, or interpolates between two frames |
| Workflows | Audio to Video | Audio (upload or microphone), optional start frame | Generates visuals synchronized to an audio track |
| Post production | Retake | Video | Regenerates a selected part of a clip |
| Post production | Extend | Video | Adds frames before or after a clip |
| Post production, VFX | IC-LoRA tools | Video (and a look image for some) | Effects that keep the motion and framing of the source |
| Styles, Camera & motion | LoRA recipes | Prompt, start frame, or both frames | Styles and camera moves |
Every setting for every tool is in docs/tools-and-options.md.
Looking for Gen Space or the Video Editor? See docs/gen-space-and-video-editor.md.
- Download the installer for your platform from the latest release:
- Windows (x64):
LTX-Desktop-Setup.exe - macOS (Apple Silicon):
LTX-Desktop-arm64.dmg - Linux (x64):
LTX-Desktop-x86_64.AppImageorLTX-Desktop-amd64.deb - Linux (arm64):
LTX-Desktop-arm64.AppImageorLTX-Desktop-arm64.deb
- Windows (x64):
- Install and launch LTX Desktop.
- Complete the first-run Setup screen: Hugging Face sign-in (required for gated models such as the 2.5 weights), API keys, and model downloads.
Updates. Packaged installs check GitHub Releases for updates at startup and every 4 hours. Automatic checks are on by default. Turn them off in Settings > About, where you can also check manually.
- macOS: The app downloads an update in the background and installs it when you quit.
- Windows and Linux: The app shows a prompt. Download the update, then restart to install it. The app does not restart while a generation runs.
Release notes are on the GitHub releases page.
These are the requirements for local generation. They match the LTX Desktop page.
| Platform | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Windows 10/11 (64-bit) | NVIDIA GPU with CUDA and 24 GB or more VRAM (32 GB recommended). 32 GB RAM. |
| Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+ or similar, x64 or arm64) | NVIDIA GPU with CUDA and 24 GB or more VRAM (32 GB recommended), NVIDIA driver installed. 32 GB RAM. |
| macOS 26+ (Tahoe) | Apple Silicon (M1 or later) with 48 GB or more for full local generation. Apple Silicon with 32 GB is limited to 540p and 5 s. Apple Silicon with less than 24 GB, and Intel Macs, use the Gen Space API only. |
The app itself needs macOS 14 or later. On macOS 14 and 15, local generation is not available and the app shows the Coming soon to your device notice. macOS 13 and earlier cannot run the app.
All platforms need 100 GB or more of free disk space. Plan for up to 160 GB or more if you add LoRAs and IC-LoRAs.
The app offers local generation on lower-spec machines, but we do not recommend them. The app checks 9 GiB VRAM on Windows with an fp8-capable GPU (15 GiB on other CUDA setups), 32 GiB total RAM on macOS, and macOS 26 or later. Below these floors, the app shows a Coming soon to your device notice instead of the generation tools. Assets, Settings, Gen Space, and the Video Editor stay available. Cloud APIs are optional. An LTX API key is never required to start.
See docs/local-compat-matrix.md for the tool-by-hardware table.
- LTX 2.5 Fast is the default local model. It runs every tool.
- LTX 2.3 Fast is the previous generation. It runs the same tools. Pick it in a tool's Model menu.
- LTX 2.5 Pro and 2.3 Pro are API only, in Gen Space and the Video Editor.
The 2.5 weights and some LoRAs are gated on Hugging Face. Manage all models in Settings > Models. See docs/models-and-loras.md for gated models, the LoRA library, and how to add your own LoRAs.
The Assistant is a chat for Explore. Describe what you want ("four 5-second clips of a puffin, claymation style", "extend this to 10 seconds", "make this night") and it queues the jobs on the same local generation queue as Home, then reports the results. Open it from the sidebar, or use Ask assistant on an asset to attach it. It also works from a phone over Remote.
- Model: choose Gemini API (uses your Gemini key) or a local Qwen 3.5 9B in Settings > General > Assistant. Download Qwen in Settings > Models > Assistant models; local mode never falls back to the cloud. Desktop and Remote share this one choice; switching model from either composer changes it everywhere.
- What it can do: text-, image- and audio-to-video, the Explore style and motion recipes, video recipes such as Day to Night or Restore, extend and retake. Video generation is always local; there is no cloud video tool.
- What it can't do: download models, change settings, use your own LoRAs, or place more than a start and end frame. It says so instead of guessing.
- Privacy: with Gemini, your messages, the chat history, asset metadata and small thumbnails of attached or viewed assets are sent to Google. Local mode keeps everything on your machine.
See docs/desktop-assistant.md for how it works.
Remote lets a phone or another computer use the app from a browser on the same network. It uses the same queue, Assets library, and GPU as the desktop app. No generation runs on the phone.
- Open Remote in the sidebar and turn Remote on. The sidebar hides Remote when local generation is not available.
- Scan the QR code with your phone, or copy the link.
- Open the tools from the phone's home screen. The Remote page on the desktop lists connected devices. You can revoke any device.
For the architecture and API boundary, see docs/remote-lan.md.
docs/tools-and-options.md: every tool and setting, and how prompt enhancement worksdocs/models-and-loras.md: models, gated models, LoRA library, custom LoRAsdocs/setup-and-settings.md: per-platform requirements, first run, data folders, text encoding, Settings tabsdocs/api-keys-and-privacy.md: LTX, fal, and Gemini keys, cost, and privacydocs/desktop-assistant.md: the Assistant's tools, runs, providers, and local runtimedocs/remote-lan.md: Remote architecture and API boundarydocs/gen-space-and-video-editor.md: the original Gen Space and Video Editor interfacesdocs/DEVELOPMENT.md: architecture, commands, and build steps for developers- FAQ: common questions, on the LTX Desktop page
LTX Desktop collects minimal, anonymous usage analytics to help prioritize development. It collects no personal information and no generated content. Analytics is on by default. Turn it off in Settings > General > Anonymous Analytics. See TELEMETRY.md for the full list of data that the app collects.
Prerequisites: Node.js, pnpm, uv, Python 3.12+, and Git.
pnpm setup:dev # one-time setup
pnpm dev # run the appFor the architecture, all commands, and build steps, see docs/DEVELOPMENT.md.
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.txt.
Third-party notices (including model licenses and terms): NOTICES.md.
Model weights are downloaded separately. Additional licenses and terms can apply.