Runway Gen
Runway
Runway Gen is a video generation model line from Runway. The latest release is Runway Aleph 2.0 (21 May 2026). This page tracks all 8 Runway Gen releases since 6 Feb 2023, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →
Runway Aleph 2.0
Longer clips (up to 30s) and multi-shot propagation; supersedes Gen-4 Aleph
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
- Max duration
- 30s
Date from secondary coverage, not the Runway research page directly.
Runway Gen-4.5
New flagship; topped Artificial Analysis text-to-video at launch
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Runway Aleph
In-context video editing: edit and transform existing footage rather than generate from scratch
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Runway Gen-4
Persistent characters and objects across scenes; reference-consistent generation; multi-shot coherence
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Date approximate
Runway Frames
Runway's first dedicated image base model (later Gen-4 Images); strong stylistic control and consistent Worlds
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
Separate image model from the Gen video line. Broad rollout to Unlimited/Enterprise around 2025-01-17.
Runway Gen-3 Alpha
Cinematic motion quality; temporal consistency leap; trained on new world model infrastructure
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
- Resolution
- 1280x768
- Max duration
- 10s
Runway Gen-2
Text-to-video and image-to-video; first widely-used commercial T2V product
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
- Max duration
- 4s
Runway Gen-1
Video-to-video style transfer; applied a reference image style to existing footage
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Availability
- Official API, Consumer app
See Runway Gen in context on the video model timeline, or browse all model families.