FaceFusion
Verified Oct 14, 2026 ActiveFree, self-hosted face-swap and enhancement software, released under a responsible-use AI license.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $20 once
- Billing
- One-time purchase
The software itself is free to install from source and run on your own GPU. The official one-click Windows and macOS installers are sold through the project's Buy Me a Coffee shop, $20 per copy ($10 for members).
Use tool ↗About FaceFusion
FaceFusion is open-source face-swap and face-enhancement software you install and run yourself on Windows, macOS, or Linux, with dedicated installers for the first two. It supports several face-swap models and around ten enhancement models, plus lip-sync and expression tools, processing photos or video on your own GPU rather than through a hosted service. The GitHub project has roughly 30,000 stars and ships under the OpenRAIL-AS license, a responsible-AI license carrying use restrictions rather than being fully unrestricted open source. It's maintained by Henry Ruhs, credited elsewhere as running FaceFusion LLC and previously the author of the Roop face-swap tool this project succeeds.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 14, 2026
Verified sources
- Official Windows installer (v3.9.1) sold on the FaceFusion Buy Me a Coffee shop for $20, $10 for members; linked from the README (15 October 2026)buymeacoffee.com ↗
- GitHub repo: 30,285 stars, last push 9 October 2026, OpenRAIL-AS licence badge; README says manual installation needs technical skills and points beginners to the Windows and macOS installers (15 October 2026)github.com ↗
Is FaceFusion legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 6, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 14, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 14, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- FaceFusion LLC, GermanyOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of FaceFusion
FaceFusion is the free, self-hosted engine that a number of hosted consumer face-swap apps are quietly built on, with more models and enhancement options than most of those apps expose. It ships under a responsible-AI license (OpenRAIL-AS) with built-in use restrictions rather than a fully permissive open-source license, a real attempt to constrain misuse even though enforcing a license against local software is inherently limited. The actual cost is technical: it needs a capable GPU and comfort with installers or a Python environment, and there's no support line if it breaks.
Pros
- Free and open source with no subscription or per-render cost
- Roughly 30,000 GitHub stars and active releases, with dedicated Windows and macOS installers
- Ships under the OpenRAIL-AS responsible-use license rather than an unrestricted license
Cons
- Requires local installation and a capable GPU — there is no official hosted version
- Setup and model management assume real technical comfort; not aimed at non-technical users
Best for
- Developers and researchers who want a local, controllable face-swap pipeline
- Users comfortable installing GPU-dependent desktop software
Not for
- Anyone wanting a one-click hosted web app with no setup
- Users without a discrete GPU capable of running the models
Watch out: A license restricting misuse exists, but nothing technical stops someone from ignoring it on local software — treat any face-swap output involving a real person's likeness carefully regardless of the license.
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