Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is remotion still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v4.0.541, 3 days ago.

Can I trust remotion?

Widely used. 71k stars, 6 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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remotion-dev/remotion

🎥 Make videos programmatically with React

Node.jsVite#javascript#react#video

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Time: about 15 min
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Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v4.0.541, 3 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used71k stars, 6 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗remotion.devThe project's own site.Docs ↗remotion.devLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, start a project on macOS

It's a framework: you start a new project with it (npx create-video@latest) instead of installing an app.

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Start a new project with it

Creates a fresh project folder set up with this framework. Run it where you keep your code, not inside this repo.

Start a new project

npx create-video@latest

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js >=16runtime
1×Bun runtime
1×bun bun@1.4.3package manager

16× settings in .env

REMOTION_APP_REGION
REMOTION_APP_BUCKET
REMOTION_APP_FUNCTION_NAME
REMOTION_APP_SERVE_URL
REMOTION_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecret
REMOTION_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYsecret
PYPI_USERNAME
PYPI_PASSWORDsecret
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_IDsecret
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYsecret
AWS_REGION
S3_ENDPOINT
S3_BUCKET
S3_PUBLIC_URL
S3_PREFIX
REMOTION_MAPTILER_KEYsecret

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: packages/agent-plugin/package.json, packages/animated-emoji/package.json, packages/animation-utils/package.json, packages/astro-example/package.json and 11 more

package.json scripts (55)

testturbo run lint test --no-update-notifier
typecheckbun check
ts-buildnode packages/.monorepo/tsrs.cjs -b --verbose --watch
stylecheckturbo run lint formatting --no-update-notifier && bun run checkskills
formattingturbo run formatting --no-update-notifier
formatbun pre-commit.ts
buildturbo run make --no-update-notifier
build-fastturbo run make --filter='!@remotion/media-parser' --filter='!@remotion/webcodecs' --filter='!docs' --filter='!@remotion/it-tests' --no-update-notifier
build-docsTURBO_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 turbo run build-docs --filter=docs --no-update-notifier
testssrturbo run testssr --filter=@remotion/it-tests --no-update-notifier
testmonorepoturbo run testmonorepo --no-update-notifier
testtemplatesturbo run testtemplates --filter=@remotion/it-tests --no-update-notifier
teste2eturbo run teste2e --filter=@remotion/example --no-update-notifier
testwebrendererturbo run testwebrenderer --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
testbrowserstudioturbo run testbrowserstudio --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
testlayoututilsturbo run testlayoututils --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
testeffectsvisualturbo run testeffectsvisual --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
testlambdaturbo run testlambda --filter=@remotion/it-tests --filter=@remotion/lambda --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
testnextjsturbo run testnextjs --no-update-notifier
citurbo run make --concurrency=2 --no-update-notifier && turbo run test --concurrency=1 --no-update-notifier
watchturbo watch make --concurrency=2 --experimental-write-cache
makewhisperwebturbo run make --filter='@remotion/whisper-web'
watchmediaturbo watch make --experimental-write-cache --filter='@remotion/media'
watchwhisperwebturbo watch make --experimental-write-cache --filter='@remotion/whisper-web'
watchdesignturbo watch make --experimental-write-cache --filter='@remotion/promo-pages'

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CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

package.json

packages/example/.env.example

packages/lambda-go-example/.env.example

packages/lambda-python/.env.example

packages/template-element-library/.env.example

packages/template-next-app-tailwind/.env.example

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