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Causal-Forcing

Research code for real-time interactive video via diffusion distillation.

๐Ÿ’Ž Hidden gemโ˜… 987 starsโ‘‚ 57 forksApache-2.0updated 2026-10
โ–ฆ visual โ€” this project's README ships no embeddable screenshot,
so here's a placeholder. The guide below is complete regardless.
// project facts

Project facts

Causal-Forcing is an open-source video project by thu-ml (thu-ml/Causal-Forcing on GitHub). It has 987 GitHub stars and 57 forks, is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 3 October 2026.

GitHub stars
987
Forks
57
License
Apache-2.0
Last updated on GitHub
3 October 2026
Category
Video
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Hidden gem โ€” a shorter page for a lesser-known project
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Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Read the paper

    Understand the causal forcing distillation method.

  2. Check requirements

    Interactive video research needs strong GPUs.

  3. Install the code

    Set up the official implementation.

  4. Reproduce results

    Run the experiments from the paper.

// features

Why people love it

ICML 2026

Published at a top ML venue.

Diffusion distillation

Makes diffusion models much faster.

Real-time goal

Aims for interactive video generation.

Autoregressive

Generates video frame-by-frame causally.

Official code

Reproduces the paper's results.

Apache 2.0

Open for research use.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 โ€” Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/thu-ml/Causal-Forcing.git
    cd Causal-Forcing
  2. Step 2 โ€” Check the README

    Every project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.

    cat README.md | head -60
  3. Step 3 โ€” Run it

    Follow the project's launch command โ€” Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.

    # see README for the exact launch command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Is Causal-Forcing free to use?

Apache 2.0 licensed โ€” free for research and commercial use.

What hardware does it need?

Research-grade GPUs โ€” check the README for specifics.

Is it a product or research?

Research code reproducing an ICML 2026 paper.

Can it generate videos interactively?

Real-time interactive generation is the research goal.

Where is the paper?

Linked from the project page โ€” ICML 2026.

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