Best Local AI Video Generators in 2026 (No Credits, Runs on Your Own Computer or Phone)

The best local AI video generator in 2026 is Off Grid AI Pro. Describe a scene and it renders the clip with open Wan models on your own Mac, Windows PC, Linux machine, iPhone or Android phone. No credits, no node graph, and one sentence can become a narrated short film.

We make Off Grid AI. Every rival fact below comes from its own site or GitHub page, checked 6 November 2026.

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The Video screen in Off Grid AI Desktop. Pick a style, write a prompt, make it.

Why make AI video locally

Cloud video tools sell credits. A clip that needs five tries costs five times as much, and your prompts, photos and faces sit on someone else's servers.

A local generator flips that. The model is a one-time download, every retry is free, and the footage never leaves your hardware. Open video models such as Wan 2.2 are now good enough to make this worth it.

How we ranked

We ranked on what a person making videos cares about: which devices it runs on, how much setup it takes before the first clip, whether it can make more than one shot, and what it costs.

The ranking at a glance

App	Runs on	Setup	Beyond one clip	Price
Off Grid AI Pro	Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android	Install, download a model	Storyboards, characters, narration, captions	$79.99 once
WanGP	NVIDIA and AMD GPUs	Installer or Python setup	Extend, many models	Free
ComfyUI	Windows, Mac, Linux	Place files, wire nodes	Anything you can build	Free
LTX Desktop	Windows and Linux (NVIDIA), Mac (macOS 26)	Installer, model downloads	Extend, retake, editor	Free
Draw Things	iPhone, iPad, Mac	App Store	Image to video	Free, cloud plan $8.99/month

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1. Off Grid AI Pro

Off Grid AI is the only one here that makes video on your computer and on your phone, with the same app and the same Pro key.

On a computer, open Video, pick a style such as Cinematic, Nature or Animation, describe the scene and press Make it. The screen tells you how long the render will take before you start. The clip plays in chat, with Extend to keep the shot going and Save as MP4 for a normal file.

Choose Story · 30 s and one sentence becomes a short film. Off Grid AI writes the shots, keeps the same character in each one from a photo you add, then adds a narrator's voice and captions.

Model	RAM listed	Download
Wan 2.1 (1.3B), Light	16 GB	About 4.75 GB
Wan 2.2 (5B), Light	24 GB	About 7.95 GB
Wan 2.2 (5B)	24 GB	About 10.43 GB

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RAM and download sizes as listed on a computer. Wan 2.2 also starts a clip from your own photo.

On phones, type "Create a video of…" in any chat. iPhones and Android phones with about 12 GB of memory render on the device. Other phones pair with your computer, which renders the clip and sends it back over your own network.

Pick it if you want video on any device you own, or want finished short films without building a workflow. $79.99 once (regular $119) or $7.99 a month, for up to 5 devices.

2. WanGP

WanGP calls itself a video generator "for the GPU Poor". It runs Wan 2.1 and 2.2, LTX, Hunyuan Video and more. Its README says 8 GB of VRAM is enough to get started, with some models running in 4 GB. It supports NVIDIA cards back to the GTX 10 series and recent AMD GPUs.

It is free to use locally. Windows users can install it with the WanGP Manager app; elsewhere it is a Python setup.

3. ComfyUI

ComfyUI is the node-graph tool most local video workflows are built in. It runs Wan 2.2, and its guide says the 5B model fits in 8 GB of VRAM with offloading. You place the model, text encoder and VAE files in the right folders and wire the nodes yourself.

It is free and open source. Pick it if you enjoy building workflows.

4. LTX Desktop

LTX Desktop is Lightricks' free, open-source app for its LTX models. It does text, image and audio to video, plus extend and retake. Its stated requirements are high: an NVIDIA GPU with 24 GB of VRAM or more and 32 GB of RAM on Windows and Linux, macOS 26 with 48 GB for full local generation on a Mac, and 100 GB of free disk.

5. Draw Things

Draw Things turns your images into video clips on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and runs offline. The free edition generates on your device. Draw Things+ costs $8.99 a month for more cloud compute.

Which one should you pick

You want video on your phone and your computer: Off Grid AI Pro.
You want a finished short film from one sentence: Off Grid AI Pro.
You have an NVIDIA card with little VRAM and like tinkering: WanGP.
You build node workflows: ComfyUI.

Make your first local clip

Download Off Grid AI for your computer, or get it on the App Store or Google Play.
Turn on Pro.
Open Models and download Wan 2.1 (1.3B), Light, the smallest video model.
Describe a scene with a subject, a motion and the light, and press Make it. On a phone, type "Create a video of" and the scene.

FAQ

What is the best AI video generator that runs locally?
Off Grid AI Pro. It renders Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2 clips on your own Mac, Windows PC, Linux machine, iPhone or Android phone, and turns one sentence into a narrated short film.

Can I make AI videos on my own computer without credits?
Yes. Off Grid AI, WanGP, ComfyUI and LTX Desktop all render on your own hardware, with no credit meter.

How much VRAM do I need for local AI video?
WanGP says 8 GB is enough to start. ComfyUI fits Wan 2.2 5B in 8 GB with offloading. LTX Desktop asks for 24 GB. Off Grid AI lists 16 GB of RAM for Wan 2.1.

Can I make AI video on my phone?
Yes. Off Grid AI makes clips on phones with about 12 GB of memory, and sends the job to your own computer from other phones. Draw Things turns images into video on iPhone and iPad.

Is there a local AI video app for Mac?
Yes. Off Grid AI runs on Apple silicon Macs with 16 GB or more for Wan 2.1. Draw Things also runs on Mac.