Make AI video with sound, songs and images in a free, open-source studio for your Mac. Turn a storyboard into a film automatically, then cut it your way in the built-in editor.
Free · for Macs with Apple SiliconThe Mac app is in closed testing. Join the list for the download.
The mirror blinks a beat late.
Even marble burns. All four shots rendered in Phosphene on one Mac.
Make video from text or two images with Hailuo H3.
Turn a still image into video.
Make an image in Phosphene, then animate it or lip-sync it to a song.
Make songs and lip-synced videos.
Music Studio made the song. Hailuo H3 matched Bizarro’s mouth to it on the same Mac.
Video and sound made on one Mac.
Motion and sound rendered in Phosphene on one Mac. Some shots started from stills made with ChatGPT.
LAST TAKE: 69 seconds of video and sound made on this Mac.
Get started
Welcome to Phosphene. Your Apple Silicon cinema, local and free.
Your first clip starts with a few words.
Free · for Macs with Apple SiliconThe Mac app is in closed testing. Join the list for the download.
Install today with Pinokio v4.19.19 · free
Phosphene runs in Pinokio, the free one-click launcher by @cocktailpeanut. Get Pinokio, then in Discover choose Download from URL and paste:
Get Pinokio, add Phosphene and click Install to download the models.
Click Start → Open Panel in Pinokio. The studio runs on your Mac.
Describe a shot and its sound, then press Generate.
Ready for a film? Storyboard → Auto builds it in the editor, where you can cut and arrange every shot.
This preview shows the Mac app, now in closed testing. Today's install uses Pinokio; the steps are on the download page.
Made with Phosphene
Picture and sound, rendered on one Mac.
These clips were rendered with Phosphene on one Mac, an M4 Max with 64 GB of memory. MiniMax H3 made picture and sound together. The opera clip used LTX-2.5 lip-sync with a song made in Phosphene’s Music Studio. Each card shows its recorded render time.
One enormous eye opens on the shore.
A repaired cloth lung fills, lifting the dust.
Living lanterns light a path through the drowned castle.
A giant shadow crosses an ordinary courtyard.
One amber pulse reveals a hidden cyan hem.
A brush lifts. The reflection takes a moment to catch up.
The frame goes black on impact, then the view tips sideways and drops towards the canvas.
The first 15 seconds of a one-take, with the camera 2 cm off the ground.
A wave hits the windows, then he shouts "Hold her steady! She's seen worse!"
The iris opens on a rainy 2026 street, and Bizarro says, "A hundred years. Same face."
A lone astronaut says, "Tell them I saw the whole thing."
Chest-deep in black water, he sings an operatic aria to camera.
Some clips start from still pictures made with ChatGPT. Motion and sound were made on the Mac. The mirror’s delayed blink uses a timing edit of generated frames.
Usage in numbers
Somewhere, a Mac is rendering right now.
85,000+
renders completed on Macs since August
77,000+ video renders 5,900+ image renders 1,500+ song renders
0 estimated renders since you opened this page, based on this week’s rate. Not live data.
Updated Nov 5, 2026. Phosphene’s anonymous usage stats can be switched off, so actual render totals are higher. Pinokio counts installs on its project page. Every number is rounded down.
Mac memory
Your Mac's full power. Your imagination in motion.
Choose your memory to see what you can make. Phosphene checks this for you when it starts.
Pick your Mac’s memory
How do I find my memory? Apple menu → About This Mac → Memory.
At 36 GB, 7 of 12 features are available.
Apple Silicon, M1 or newer, from 16 GB. Set aside about 40 GB of disk for the first install, plus 75 GB if you add Hailuo H3. Intel Macs and Windows aren’t supported. Read the memory guide.
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Agent entrance
Bring an idea. Your studio is waiting.
Ask for a clip in your own words. Phosphene makes it with sound on your Mac and hands you the file.
claude mcp add phosphene -- \
~/pinokio/api/phosphene.git/ltx-2-mlx/env/bin/python \
~/pinokio/api/phosphene.git/agents/phosphene_mcp.pyKeep Phosphene running while your agent works. Installed somewhere else, or using the Mac app? Copy the exact connection line from /agents/info on your running studio.
Use cloud_still.png as the starting picture for a 10-second video with Hailuo H3 at High quality: Mr Bizarro hauls a giant storm cloud on a rope through a railway hall and says, "Well, that's the carpet ruined." Include thunder and rain, and save the finished clip to ~/films.
phosphene_status{}Phosphene is running. H3 is ready and the queue is empty.
phosphene_make_videoengine: h3 · quality: high · seconds: 10 · image: cloud_still.pngYour clip is queued. j-1a1747c9a22-023
phosphene_waitjob_id: j-1a1747c9a22-023phosphene_fetchdest: ~/filmsFinished file copied to ~/films.
Your 10-second clip is in ~/films, complete with Mr Bizarro's line and the storm sounds. The carpet has had better days.
An agent made this real clip through Phosphene's local HTTP API on 25 October, before the new tools existed, using a starting picture made with ChatGPT; picture and sound were generated together on the Mac. The sped-up chat replay adapts steps from a real Claude Code session with the new tools on 31 October, making a different clip. Job record
LTX-2.5 · H3 
1–8 · any aspect 
Forty frames to go Agent tools are free and run locally with nothing uploaded. Phosphene must be running, and you accept each model licence yourself once in the app. Your Mac's limits and the app's Free and Pro rules still apply. Agent tools guide for developers · HTTP API documentation
Open source
Built in the open. Meet the people making Phosphene possible.
Mr Bizarro made Phosphene. People trying things on their own Macs keep making it better. The app is open source under MIT. Read the code, fix a bug, or take it somewhere unexpected.
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Questions
Good questions, straight answers.
Yes. Your Mac makes the video and sound, songs and images. Download the models once, then you can render offline. Your prompts, photos and finished work stay on your machine. When online, the app checks GitHub for updates every 30 minutes, downloads models you request and sends anonymous usage counts. You can turn those counts off in Settings.
Start with an Apple Silicon Mac, M1 or newer, and at least 16 GB of memory. That runs LTX-2.5 at smaller sizes. Songs need 24 GB; Hailuo H3 starts at 36 GB. At 48–64 GB, more modes and character training options open up. Phosphene checks your memory and shows what fits. Intel Macs and Windows are not supported.
Set aside about 40 GB for the first install, which downloads 27.5 GB of models before you can start and about 10.7 GB more in the background. Add about 75 GB if you want Hailuo H3 and 11 GB for Music Studio. Downloads resume if your connection drops.
On an M4 Max with 64 GB, a 5-second LTX-2.5 clip at High takes about 6 minutes. A 5-second Hailuo H3 clip on Draft + Fast takes about 5 minutes; a 3-minute song takes about 3. Your settings and Mac matter. Phosphene estimates the time before you press Generate and learns from your renders.
Yes. No subscription, credits or charge for another take. Phosphene will always be open source under MIT and well maintained. Every feature available today stays free, and new model ports reach everyone free. The AI models have their own licences; check those before using their output commercially. Pro and Founding are coming soon, but neither is on sale.
For making short AI video clips with dialogue and sound on your own Mac, yes. Phosphene runs LTX-2.5 and Hailuo H3 locally, with no cloud account or credits. Expect different results and render times from a cloud service. The gallery shows what these models can do.
Yes. Train your own original characters and styles from 15 to 500 images in Train Character. Gemma captions them locally. The full training recipe needs 64 GB. Smaller Macs use a lighter recipe, and Phosphene checks how strongly the training changed the model.
No. Every feature available today stays free, including all new models. If you can afford it, Pro keeps the lights on and supports the open-source project. You get new features and speed-ups first, iPhone Remote and priority support. Pro is $15/month or $120/year. Founding is $149 once for 3 years of Pro, with no renewal, for the first 200 buyers. Nothing is on sale yet.
Yes. Pro includes custom versions for professional studio workflows on request. Contact Mr Bizarro directly at @PhospheneAI on X.
There is a community-maintained port for Linux on Apple Silicon M1/M2, thanks to @joshuaswarren. Support is best effort. The Pinokio installer is for macOS.
Write a prompt on your iPhone, watch it render live, keep the clip. Your Mac does all the work.
Remote Control is part of Phosphene Pro. The iPhone app is a free download, coming soon to the App Store.
Make your own AI film on Mac.
Bizarro is the creator’s self-depiction, used in these demonstrations with his consent. Other characters are fictional.