Windflow

YUME

Released 26 December 2025

Yume is a long-running open project for interactive, realistic worlds created from text, images or video. Yume 1.5's 5B model lets you explore with keyboard-style directions, and its authors speed it up with distillation for streaming use.

Get the weightsCan I use it commercially?
Weights
Open weightsApache-2.0
Commercial use
Permissive license
Real-time
Real-time, per authorsNot independently measured
Where to try
Run it yourself

01 Controls

What you control

  • A text or image to start
  • Keyboard directions for movement
  • Camera turns

02 License

Can you use it commercially?

Permissive license

The weights' model card declares Apache-2.0, a permissive license that allows commercial use. Check what the model was built on, because a base model's terms can still apply.

Declared license: Apache-2.0 · Model card

A reading of the published license text, not legal advice.

03 Speed

Does it run in real time?

Real-time, per authors. Real-time streaming acceleration through distillation; no frame rate in the model card.

Figures are the authors' own, with their settings and hardware. They are not comparable across models.

04 Setup

How to run it

  1. 01Install requirements.txt; a Windows one-click installer is also provided.
  2. 02Download the weights and set their path in the inference scripts.
  3. 03Run one of the scripts in scripts/inference, for example sample.sh, or sample_5b.sh for the 5B model.

Summarised from the project's own instructions. Follow the source for exact commands and versions.

05 Access

Where to try it

No hosted version was verified. Run the published weights yourself.

Listed alphabetically. Windflow maintains this directory and is one of the hosts; a listing does not promise capacity at any given moment.

06 Questions

YUME FAQ

Is YUME open source?

YUME publishes downloadable weights under Apache-2.0. The declared license is permissive.

Can I use YUME commercially?

The weights' model card declares Apache-2.0, a permissive license that allows commercial use. Check what the model was built on, because a base model's terms can still apply.

Does YUME run in real time?

Yes, according to its authors. Real-time streaming acceleration through distillation; no frame rate in the model card. This directory has not measured it independently.

Where can I try YUME?

No hosted version was verified; run the published weights yourself.

What does YUME take as input?

You give it a text or image to start, keyboard directions for movement and camera turns.

How do I run YUME?

Following the official instructions: Install requirements.txt; a Windows one-click installer is also provided. Download the weights and set their path in the inference scripts. Run one of the scripts in scripts/inference, for example sample.sh, or sample_5b.sh for the 5B model.

What are alternatives to YUME?

Similar models in this directory include ABot-World (open weights, permissive license), AlayaWorld (open weights, custom terms) and DreamX-World (open weights, permissive license).

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