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SeedVR2
Description
SeedVR2 is an open model for restoring video. According to its authors, it is a one-step diffusion-based model for video restoration of high-resolution, real-world footage. Code and weights are published under the Apache 2.0 license, and the weights page shows no access gate. The model page links a demo on Hugging Face Spaces as well as notebooks for Google Colab and Kaggle, so it can be tried without installing anything. The authors do not state hardware requirements or parameter counts on the page, and the page does not describe upscaling settings separately from restoration.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Apache 2.0 license, commercial use allowed
- Open weights, no access request
- Restores real-world footage in a single step
- Demo on Hugging Face Spaces and Colab and Kaggle notebooks
Cons
- Hardware requirements are not stated by the authors
- No ready desktop app on the model page
- Release date of this model version is not stated; the paper dates from mid-2025
Key facts
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Developer
- ByteDance Seed
- Checked on
- Oct 21, 2026
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