# hotshotco/Hotshot-XL

✨ Hotshot-XL: State-of-the-art AI text-to-GIF model trained to work alongside Stable Diffusion XL

Repository: https://github.com/hotshotco/Hotshot-XL
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hotshot-xl
Homepage: https://hotshot.co
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, sdxl, text-to-video, text-to-video-generation, hotshot, hotshot-xl, text-to-gif
Last push: 2024-01-23T10:10:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 27/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 76
- inputs: {"age_days": 1065, "days_push": 953, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1111, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.610728+00:00)

## What it is
Hotshot-XL is an AI text-to-GIF model built to work alongside Stable Diffusion XL, generating 1-second GIFs at 8 FPS. It supports any fine-tuned SDXL model, personalized SDXL LORAs, and SDXL ControlNet for controlled composition.

## Use cases
- generate animated gifs from text prompts
- text-to-gif generation with sdxl models
- create gifs with custom lora subjects
- control gif composition with controlnet
- run local text-to-video diffusion model
- make short ai animations from a description

## When to choose
- you want short AI-generated GIFs compatible with existing SDXL models and LORAs
- you need ControlNet-guided animation composition
- you want a local, self-hosted text-to-video pipeline

## When to avoid
- you need long-form or high-fps video generation
- you have no GPU or don't want to manage diffusion model weights
- you need a production video-generation service rather than a research model

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: machine-learning, deep-learning, image-processing, video-processing, stable-diffusion, gpu-computing
- domain: deep-learning, machine-learning, image-processing, artificial-intelligence
- platform: python
- tags: text-to-gif, text-to-video, sdxl, diffusion-model, generative-ai, controlnet, lora, huggingface, video, gpu, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- hotshotco/Hotshot-XL (main) score 27

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.610728+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:43:23.773411+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hotshotco/Hotshot-XL (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.610728+00:00, sha e7fd200e98eb)
  - homepage: https://hotshot.co (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:07.750036+00:00, sha ae347c841f1e)
  - site_page: https://hotshot.co/things-to-think-about-when-creating-a-smart-home (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:07.753052+00:00, sha 1f2fe62dfbc9)
  - site_page: https://hotshot.co/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:07.755650+00:00, sha 54833d95ee78)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.