# DepthCrafter (CVPR 2025 Highlight)

- id: src_01M569EF3XBJDFDETSEEHR0NAP
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T11 · tags: level:frontier, depth, video-depth, diffusion, academic-only, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:42.145Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569EF3XBJDFDETSEEHR0NAP

Source: https://github.com/tencent/depthcrafter

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Video-diffusion-based consistent long depth sequences for open-world videos (Tencent AI Lab / HKUST). Research-grade depth for compositing experiments; license is academic/research only.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Tencent AI Lab",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Not usable in production/commercial work under its license."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2025-11-30T17:38:09.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] README: DepthCrafter generates consistent long depth sequences for open-world videos (Tencent AI Lab, HKUST, ARC Lab); contact given for business licensing. · locator: README, header and Notice · source: https://github.com/Tencent/DepthCrafter
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE: inference code and weights may be used only for academic, research and education purposes, with commercial or production use prohibited; includes third-party MIT-licensed Stability AI code. · locator: LICENSE, 'License Terms of the inference code of DepthCrafter' · source: https://github.com/Tencent/DepthCrafter
- [sourced_fact] GitHub metadata: GitHub reports NOASSERTION, not archived, last push 2025-11-30. · locator: repository metadata · source: https://github.com/Tencent/DepthCrafter
- [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=LicenseRef-Tencent-DepthCrafter-Academic-Terms hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=unknown · Custom Tencent terms: academic, research and education only; no commercial or production use. Permission to modify and redistribute is granted subject to the notice. L07 2026-10-17: license_id set to LicenseRef-Tencent-DepthCrafter-Academic-Terms (Custom Tencent academic/research/education-only terms covering inference code and weights.) · evidence: https://github.com/Tencent/DepthCrafter/blob/main/LICENSE
- model_weights: license=LicenseRef-Tencent-DepthCrafter-Academic-Terms hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=unknown · LICENSE defines 'Software' as inference code and weights under the same academic-only terms. L07 2026-10-17: license_id set to LicenseRef-Tencent-DepthCrafter-Academic-Terms (Custom Tencent academic/research/education-only terms covering inference code and weights.) · evidence: https://github.com/Tencent/DepthCrafter/blob/main/LICENSE

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