HunyuanWorld 1.0 (Tencent)
Open-weights model that generates explorable 360° 3D worlds from text or an image, with mesh export for standard graphics pipelines. Tencent has since released newer HY-World versions under separate repos.
Visit official site ↗Free (open weights)Restricted (see notes)
Verdict: For self-hosting 3D world generation with mesh export; the licence excludes the EU, UK and South Korea, and large products need Tencent's approval.
- Best for
- Self-hosted 3D world generation
- Tasks
- Level & terrain generation
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
- Price & free tier
- Free plan Free open weights (your own GPU costs)
Free to download and self-host (your own GPU/compute costs apply). A quantised "lite" version is listed for consumer GPUs such as the RTX 4090.
Source: https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-1.0 - Export formats
- Mesh export (Draco supported per repo)
Source: https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-1.0 - Commercial use & licence
- Restricted (see notes)
Tencent HunyuanWorld-1.0 Community License: the licensed territory excludes the EU, UK and South Korea; use of the works or outputs outside that territory is unauthorized; products with over 1 million monthly active users must request a license from Tencent.
Source: https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanWorld-1.0/blob/main/LICENSE - Revenue share / caps
- Products with over 1 million monthly active users must request a licence from Tencent.
- API
- Unverified Not checked
- MCP server
- Unverified Not checked
- Last checked
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