# Wan video model

15 Hacker News commenters recommended Wan video model and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-weights AI video generator praised for output quality and running on home hardware. Most common caveat: local runs are cumbersome and need a lot of memory.

## Why people recommend it

- Good output quality and realism (3 comments): "The interface is easy to navigate, the results are consistent, and the output quality fits well across different platforms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46297859)) "it delivers smooth motion, stable character consistency, and impressive visual realism" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215239)) "still the most powerful Video inference out there, to the level of quality it provides" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926168))
- Accessible on home hardware (3 comments): "offers a practical and accessible option worth checking out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429843)) "even older WAN could easily handle this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155014)) "try out wan2.2 on their home computer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501821))

## What people warn about

- Heavy hardware needs and memory limits (2 comments): "they are interesting: however actually running those types of models is too cumbersome" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919895)) "I was running into OOM issues with Wan 2.2 before" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392321))
- Output weaker than other versions (3 comments): "seem significantly worse than what I’ve seen from WAN 2.1 1.3B" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123213)) "video diffusion models (like Wan2.2 and LTX-2) often suffer from non-linear semantic evolution" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922029)) "It's Wan video, which is a shitty video model." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48940510))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Seedance 2.0](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seedance-2-5.md): 68 recommend
- [MiniMax H3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-h3.md): 29 recommend
- [Google Veo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veo.md): 20 recommend
- [Gemini Omni](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-omni.md): 16 recommend
- [Kling AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kling.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Wan video model", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wan-2-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).