# OpenTalker/SadTalker

- id: src_01M569CNTTQSVQ9T078MQ2TFM9
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07 · tags: level:established, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:31.629Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CNTTQSVQ9T078MQ2TFM9

Source: https://github.com/opentalker/sadtalker

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Single portrait image plus audio to talking-head video (CVPR 2023) with head-pose and expression coefficients; widely forked and wrapped, with an A1111 extension. Established baseline for still-image talking heads.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "PyTorch (README install uses CUDA 11.3 builds)",
    "ffmpeg"
  ],
  "source_owner": null,
  "next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Oldest-dated changelog among the lip-sync entries; README points to an issue for later update tracking, not a maintenance policy."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2024-06-26T12:51:53.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] README: single portrait image + audio = talking head video; CVPR 2023 project; README says the license was updated to Apache 2.0 and the non-commercial restriction removed; latest changelog entry dated 2023.06.12. · source: https://github.com/OpenTalker/SadTalker
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE file: Apache License 2.0, copyright Tencent, 'except for the third-party components listed below' (list not captured in the fetched text). · source: https://github.com/OpenTalker/SadTalker/blob/main/LICENSE
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Apache-2.0 except listed third-party components; README disclaimer prohibits using it to harm others, including fraud or portrait-rights infringement. · evidence: https://github.com/OpenTalker/SadTalker/blob/main/LICENSE
- model_weights: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Pretrained checkpoint license not read; third-party components may differ.

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