Higgsfield Open-Source Alternatives on GitHub, Checked

Search GitHub for a Higgsfield alternative and you get a dozen “open-source Higgsfield” studios. Nearly all of them are free interfaces to someone else’s paid API: the app is open source, the generations are billed by Muapi.ai, kie.ai, BeatAPI, OpenRouter or Higgsfield itself. None of the projects we checked runs a video model on a Mac by itself.

Below is what each one is, with the license, stars and last update as GitHub showed them on October 20, 2026. Two of the projects are this site’s own apps, Jutsu Studio and Swapjutsu, and they are marked as such.

The table

Project	License	Stars	Last push	Form	Runs models locally	Key it needs
Anil-matcha/Open-Generative-AI	MIT	31,015	Oct 19, 2026	Web app + desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux)	Images on the Mac; video only via your own Wan2GP GPU box	Muapi.ai
wide-trace/open-higgsfield	None on GitHub	4,464	Sep 17, 2026	Web app (Next.js), hosted demo	No	A platform key in id:secret form; see below
SegFault42/HeliosGen	None on GitHub	3,179	Sep 17, 2026	Desktop (Tauri), Mac build	No	kie.ai
BeatAPI/BeatDesign	Apache-2.0	222	Sep 23, 2026	Local web workspace, Node.js + Chrome	Editing only	BeatAPI
ClabstreamTeam/Open-Higgsfield-AI	None on GitHub	217	Apr 19, 2026	Web app	No	Not documented
clawnify/OpenStudio	MIT	60	Oct 9, 2026	Web app, images only	No	OpenRouter
opencanvasai/OpenCanvas	MIT	44	Jul 22, 2026	Desktop node editor, Mac builds	Not documented	“Bring your own AI”; provider not named
TechBeme/open-higgsfield	MIT	11	Oct 18, 2026	Web app (Next.js)	No	Freepik, Gemini, Vertex AI or Vercel AI Gateway
jutsuhq/jutsu-studio (ours)	MIT	11	Oct 17, 2026	Native Mac app	No; generation on Higgsfield	Your Higgsfield account or API key
jutsuhq/swapjutsu-seedance-character-swap (ours)	MIT	1	Oct 19, 2026	Native Mac app	Prep yes; render on your own ComfyUI	Comfy key, or none with your own ComfyUI

Stars are a popularity signal, not a quality one, and they change daily. “None on GitHub” means the repository has no license file, so by default its code isn’t licensed for reuse even though it is public.

Open-Generative-AI, the big one

This is the project most lists mean. It used to be called Open-Higgsfield-AI, and the old Anil-matcha/Open-Higgsfield-AI address now redirects to it. The README describes a studio with 600+ models in 14 studios (image, video, lip sync, cinema and more), MIT-licensed, with desktop installers for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux. The latest release, 2.0.0, came out on May 23, 2026.

What to know before you install:

• It is powered by Muapi.ai. Cloud generations need a Muapi access key, and the same company sells a hosted version and a white-label plan from $49 a month. That is the business behind the free app.
• Local inference is limited on a Mac. The desktop app bundles stable-diffusion.cpp for image models such as SDXL and Z-Image, using Metal on Apple Silicon. Video models run only through Wan2GP, which you install yourself on a machine with an NVIDIA or AMD GPU.
• The Mac build isn’t notarized, so macOS blocks it on first launch until you allow it.

open-higgsfield and HeliosGen

wide-trace/open-higgsfield is a Next.js studio with 38 models, 8 image and 30 video, and a hosted demo. You paste a “platform key” in id:secret form. Its model catalog uses IDs like higgsfield-ai/dop/lite, and its settings point at an HF_API_BASE_URL; Higgsfield’s own SDK uses the same key:secret format. Our reading of the code is that it calls Higgsfield’s API, so you pay Higgsfield’s rates. GitHub shows no license file.

SegFault42/HeliosGen is a node-based workflow builder in a Tauri desktop app, with a macOS Apple Silicon build (1.2.1, September 9, 2026) that is unsigned. Its “100% local” claim is about your data: projects, history and media stay in a local database and folder. Generation goes through your kie.ai key. GitHub shows no license file here either.

The “open-higgsfield-ai” copies

Searching GitHub for open-higgsfield-ai returned 52 repositories on October 20. Apart from the projects in the table, most are copies of Open-Generative-AI under its old name, with 0 or 1 stars, no license file and names like git-clone-https-github.com-Anil-matcha-Open-Higgsfield-AI. They add nothing to the original, and some go months without an update. If you want this code, take it from the source repo.

The smaller projects

• BeatDesign (Apache-2.0) is the most “local” of the group: a canvas and a timeline editor where importing, trimming, captions and MP4 export run in your browser with no key. Generating media needs a BeatAPI key. It runs from source with Node.js 22 and pnpm; desktop packaging isn’t done yet.
• TechBeme/open-higgsfield (MIT) is a self-hostable Next.js app over Freepik, Google and Vercel AI Gateway keys, with 40 curated models.
• OpenStudio (MIT) is images only, through OpenRouter, with the cost of every run recorded.
• OpenCanvas (MIT) is a node editor with Mac builds (1.0.9, March 2026); its README doesn’t say which AI providers it connects to.
• ClabstreamTeam/Open-Higgsfield-AI describes itself as an internal team tool.

This site’s two apps

We make two of the projects in the table, so weigh this section accordingly.

Jutsu Studio is not an alternative to Higgsfield. It is an unofficial, MIT-licensed native Mac app for Higgsfield: you connect your Higgsfield account or API key, and it adds a queue, a local library and the price on every button. Generation happens on Higgsfield and is billed by Higgsfield. Pick it if you already use Higgsfield and want a desktop app; see the Higgsfield desktop app guide.

Swapjutsu replaces one Higgsfield feature, character swap. Everything up to the render runs on the Mac for free: cuts, a mask per person, tracking, pose, depth and the prompt. The render goes to Seedance 2.5 through Comfy’s API with your Comfy credits, or to Wan 2.2 Animate on your own ComfyUI at no cost. Its README lists a 7-second 480p draft at $1.19. It needs an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later.

If you want something that runs locally

If “open source” means “no API bill” to you, the projects above won’t get you there. For video generation on your own hardware:

• LTX Desktop (Lightricks, Apache-2.0) generates locally on Apple Silicon with 48 GB or more of memory on macOS 26, or at 540p and 5 seconds with 32 GB, according to its README.
• ComfyUI runs open models such as Wan 2.2 and LTX; Swapjutsu can send its renders to your own ComfyUI.

More on both in the best AI video apps for Mac and running ComfyUI on a Mac.

Which to pick

• The most models in one free interface: Open-Generative-AI, if a Muapi key is acceptable.
• A local editor with AI generation added: BeatDesign.
• You use Higgsfield and want it on your Mac: Jutsu Studio (ours).
• Character swap without Higgsfield’s rate: Swapjutsu (ours).
• No API at all: LTX Desktop or ComfyUI on capable hardware.

Check the license before you build on any of these. A repository without one is visible, but not open source in the legal sense.