58.6k stars · Remotion License · v4.0.522 (2026-09-07) · Track this in Rising ↗
Render real MP4 video from React components — one branded intro template, unlimited language and title variants.
Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 26 Oct 2026, one day before this check.
Latest release v4.0.539 on 26 Oct 2026.
Public since June 2020, a little over 6 years.
67,974 stars and 5,507 forks.
5,238 commits and 719 new issues in the last 90 days.
471 contributors. 1699 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 27 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub. Covered in Edition 5.
▶Repo detailsthe review · specs · pros & cons · install
What it does
You describe each frame in JSX and CSS, the same languages used for web pages, and read a frame counter to decide what moves. A preview window plays the result while the code is edited. One command renders the composition to a video file, and values can be passed in at render time, so one template produces many variants from a script or a JSON file. It can render stills, audio-only output and image sequences as well, and it has its own player component for showing the result in a browser. Rendering is done by a headless browser capturing frames, which is why it is slow and heavy on the processor. What it does not do is come free for everyone: the licence has a free tier and a paid company tier, and the free tier covers individuals, non-profits, and for-profit organisations with up to three employees.
Why it matters
Who it suits. Anyone producing a steady stream of videos that share an opening, a closing and lower-third captions, especially in more than one language, where the same template with different words is the whole job. It also suits teams who already write React, because describing an animation in a familiar language is far less work than learning a motion-graphics program. Skip it if the licence tier does not fit, since a fourth employee changes the price. And skip it for one-off videos, because a template only pays back across a batch.
Verdict. Worth a weekend if videos are made weekly, and worth nothing if they are made twice a year. The honest warning first: this is not open source, and the licence is explicit that a company licence is "required for for-profit organizations of a certain size", with the free tier naming individuals, non-profits and for-profit organisations with up to three employees. That is a cost to plan for, not a trap, but it should be read before a workflow depends on it. Beyond that it is in very good health: 63,055 stars, a release on 7 October 2026, code on 10 October 2026, and documentation that is better than most paid products. Two practical notes. Rendering is processor-heavy, so it belongs on a desktop machine rather than the small server running the website. And thinking in frames instead of a timeline takes an evening to click.
Summary (Key Points)from the README
Key features
- Agentic video creation: Turn an idea into a video using your coding agent.
- Interactive editing: Edit and animate using drag and drop.
- Programmatic video creation: Connect to data and manage complexity with code, where React code is the source of truth and you can switch workflows at any point.
- Design systems: Create a library of animated assets for your organization.
- Batch rendering: Render millions of videos on your own infrastructure.
- Applications: Publish a simple tool or a complex video editor.
- Extensive documentation: The docs span more than 1000 pages and cover topics such as Agent Skills, Templates, Components, Transitions, Captions, Fonts, and Rendering.
- Rendering options: Documented paths include Node.js APIs, Lambda, Vercel, and client-side rendering.
- Player and editor starter: The docs include a Player and an Editor Starter for building apps.
Important
- Node.js required: The quick start assumes Node.js is installed; otherwise the README points to the installation page in the documentation.
- Company license: Remotion has a special license and requires a company license in some cases, so check the LICENSE page before using it commercially.
Written by an AI model from the project’s README; not part of the review, and it can be wrong.
- The same React and CSS used for web pages, so the first animation is written in a familiar language.
- One template renders unlimited variants, driven by values passed in at render time.
- Very actively developed: a release on 7 October 2026, code on 10 October 2026, and unusually thorough documentation.
- Not open source. A paid company licence is required above the free tier, which covers individuals, non-profits and for-profit organisations with up to three employees.
- Rendering is slow and processor-heavy, because frames are captured through a headless browser.
- Describing motion as frame numbers rather than a timeline is a real shift, and the first template takes an evening.
Feed the same titles into Thumbnails-Maker from Edition 4 and the video, the thumbnail and the deck all say the same words.
npx create-video@latest cd my-video npm run dev # preview in a browser npx remotion render # write the MP4
