cs.LGMay 20, 2026

stable-worldmodel: A Platform for Reproducible World Modeling Research and Evaluation

Authors: Lucas MaesQuentin Le LidecLuiz FacuryNassim MassaudiAyush ChaurasiaFrancesco CapuanoRichard GaoTaj Gillin+4 more

Organizations: Mila & Université de Montréal · New York University · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · Independent Researcher · LanceDB · University of Oxford · Brown University

Abstract

World models are central to building agents that can reason, plan, and generalize beyond their training data. However, research on world models is currently fragmented, with disparate codebases, data pipelines, and evaluation protocols hindering reproducibility and fair comparison. Current practice is further limited by three key bottlenecks: fragile one-off codebases, slow video data loading, and the lack of standardized generalization benchmarks. We present stable-worldmodel (swm), an open-source platform for standardized and reproducible world modeling research and evaluation. It delivers (1) a high-performance Lance-based data layer with native support and conversion tools for MP4, HDF5, and LeRobot datasets, (2) clean, well-tested implementations of modern world model baselines and planning solvers, and (3) a broad suite of environments and tasks extended with controllable visual, geometric, and physical factors of variation for systematic in-silico evaluation of dynamics understanding, control performance, representation quality, and out-of-distribution generalization. By unifying the full pipeline under a single, scalable framework, \texttt{swm} dramatically reduces research overhead and accelerates trustworthy progress toward reliable world models.

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