Video Open Source Projects
Discover 17 open source Video repositories from GitHub, each with an analysis of what it does, key features, use cases and alternatives. Video projects here are most often combined with Library, Python and TypeScript. Last updated October 4, 2026.
ArcReel: Turn Stories and Scripts Into Editable Videos
ArcReel is a self-hosted workspace for turning novels, scripts, or product materials into storyboards and short videos. It organizes AI-generated assets and production steps, tracks costs, and can export a CapCut-compatible workflow as a Jianying draft for further editing.
scikit-video: Process Video with Python
scikit-video is a Python library for video I/O and video-oriented analysis, including quality metrics and temporal processing. It suits researchers and developers who want Python-based tools to experiment with video algorithms alongside SciPy and scikit-image.
vidgear: Capture, Process, Write, and Stream Video in Python
VidGear is a Python framework that unifies video capture, processing, encoding, and streaming through specialized APIs built on tools such as OpenCV and FFmpeg. It suits developers building real-time media applications who want threaded or asynchronous workflows without wiring each backend themselves.
REAL-Video-Enhancer: Interpolate and Upscale Videos
A desktop video-processing app for interpolating frames, upscaling, decompressing, and denoising video on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It offers several inference backends for different GPU hardware.
h264-mp4-encoder: Encode H.264 Video to MP4 in JavaScript
A WebAssembly-backed library for encoding RGBA or YUV frames into H.264 video in an MP4 container. It targets JavaScript applications in browsers or Node.js, including workflows that turn canvas frames into video.
inscribed: Create Slides and Stop-Motion Animations
Inscribed is a browser-based slide and animation editor built around Excalidraw. It suits creators who want to draw scenes, arrange them as slides, present them, and export animations without a separate drawing workflow.
RedditVideoMakerBot: Generate Videos from Reddit Posts
RedditVideoMakerBot automates the creation of short videos from Reddit content, without manual video editing or asset compiling. It is for creators who want to generate a video file for manual upload to social platforms.
core: Compose and Render Video in the Browser
Diffusion Studio Core is a TypeScript engine for composing and rendering video, audio, and images in browser-based timeline applications. It suits developers building editors or media tools that need interactive playback and browser-based output.
yt-channel-downloader: Selectively Download Videos in a Desktop App
A PyQt 6 desktop app for fetching video listings and choosing which items to download with yt-dlp. Useful for people who want to manage channel or playlist downloads visually, with support for single links from other yt-dlp-supported platforms.
screenity: Record and Annotate Your Screen
Screenity is a privacy-focused Chrome screen recorder for creating tutorials, demos, presentations, and feedback videos. It supports screen and camera capture, annotations, editing, and local use without an account.
paper2gui: Run AI Models Through Desktop Apps
Paper2GUI is a desktop toolbox that packages AI models into ready-to-use apps for tasks such as image enhancement, speech synthesis, and video processing. It suits people who want to use these tools without building a development environment.
mirotalk: Self-Host Peer-to-Peer Video Meetings
MiroTalk P2P is a self-hosted browser-based video conferencing app built on WebRTC peer-to-peer connections. It suits teams and communities that want control over meeting data, with chat, screen sharing, recording, and collaboration features.