Short version
- It is a custom community license, not Apache or MIT. The grant is non-exclusive, non-transferable and royalty-free.
- It does not apply in the US, EU, UK or South Korea. Use there is not authorized by this license.
- Written authorization from MiniMax is required if your (and your affiliates') annualized revenue exceeds 1 million USD, or if you offer a hosted service to third parties.
- Commercial products must display "MiniMax-H3-Image" in the user interface.
- You may not use the model or its outputs to improve any other AI model.
- MiniMax claims no rights over outputs; you are responsible for them. Public machine-generated content must be disclosed as such.
- The prompt expander (MiniMax-H3-Image-PE) is derived from an Apache-2.0 Qwen model but is covered by this same agreement.
Which "H3" is which?
| Name | What it is | Key numbers |
|---|---|---|
| MiniMax-H3-Image (this guide) | MiniMax's official image model, released Nov 10, 2026 | 6 steps · ~16 MP · up to 16 reference images |
| P-H3-Image | Pruna AI's image model built on MiniMax-H3, on Hugging Face since late Oct 2026 | 8 steps · 8 MP · up to 8 input images (per its model card) |
| MiniMax-H3 | MiniMax's video model family (H3, Highspeed, Lite) | Makes video clips, not stills |
| "Seedance 5.5" | No such model found. Seedance is ByteDance's video line (latest 2.5); the new image model is Seedream 5.5 | Explained |
Some sites call P-H3-Image just "H3 Image". If a page says 8 steps, 8 MP or 8 references, it describes P-H3-Image. Sources: the MiniMax and PrunaAI Hugging Face model cards and ByteDance Seed, checked 2026-11-11. P-H3-Image is distributed under the MiniMax-H3 community license.
Territory
“Excluded Territories” means the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America.
You may not use, reproduce, modify, distribute, or display the MiniMax-H3-Image Works or any of their Outputs or results outside the Applicable Territory.
The license adds that people in excluded territories may contact MiniMax "about obtaining a license, which will be granted based on robust controls and guardrails".
Revenue threshold and hosted services
You shall obtain a separate, prior written authorization from MiniMax by sending a request through https://platform.minimax.io/license, if the Annualized Revenue of you and/or your affiliates exceeds 1 Million USD, or, you provide Hosted Service(s) to any Third Parties.
A "Hosted Service" is defined broadly: any service through which the model or its derivatives is hosted and its functionality is made available to third parties, "including via application programming interfaces (APIs), web access, or any other electronic or remote means". A public web generator running the open weights falls under it.
Some earlier write-ups cite a different revenue figure. The H3-Image license file on Hugging Face says 1 million USD, quoted above (checked 2026-11-11).
Branding requirement
You shall prominently display “MiniMax-H3-Image” on the user interface of commercial product or service that uses MiniMax-H3-Image or MiniMax-H3-Image Works.
Redistribution
Inside the Applicable Territory you may redistribute the weights or derivatives if you pass on a copy of the agreement, mark modified files, and (except via a hosted service) include a NOTICE file reading:
MiniMax-H3-Image is licensed under the MiniMax-H3-Image Community License Agreement, Copyright © 2026 MiniMax. All Rights Reserved.
Using outputs
You may not use the MiniMax-H3-Image Works or any of their Outputs or results to improve any other artificial intelligence model (other than MiniMax-H3-Image or its Model Derivatives).
MiniMax claims no rights over the Outputs you generate. You and your users are entirely responsible for the Outputs and any subsequent use thereof.
The Acceptable Use Policy (Exhibit A) also bans, among others: use outside the Applicable Territory; publishing machine-generated content publicly "without clearly and prominently disclosing that such information and/or content is machine-generated"; impersonation without consent; and military use.
If you run a product on it
Products that let third parties generate outputs must bind users to terms at least as protective as Section V and Exhibit A, keep safeguards against misuse, and offer a way to report violations.
API vs open weights
This community license governs the downloadable weights. Calling MiniMax's hosted API is governed by MiniMax's platform terms, which this site has not summarized. Check them for your use case and location.
Governing law
Hong Kong SAR law, with exclusive jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts.