Kinetograph

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Solves A fast programmatic video engine made for agents. You or an agent write a video in TypeScript with Remotion's API, CSS, SVG, Canvas and WebGL, and a Rust GPU compositor renders it. Existing Remotion projects render as they are, and npx kinetograph mcp serves the same commands to agents.

Works with
Programmatic video
Setup
Hard setup
Price
Free
Type
Video engine + CLI + MCP server

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What it does

A fast programmatic video engine made for agents. You or an agent write a video in TypeScript with Remotion's API, CSS, SVG, Canvas and WebGL, and a Rust GPU compositor renders it. Existing Remotion projects render as they are, and npx kinetograph mcp serves the same commands to agents.

The project describes itself as: "A blazingly fast programmatic video engine, made for agents."

How to set it up

  1. Install Node.js 22 or later
  2. Clone the repo, run npm ci and npm run build
  3. Render an example with npx kinetograph render examples/rajz-cards/index.tsx -o out/rajz-cards.mp4
  4. For agents, run npx kinetograph mcp and follow the repo's Use with agents guide to add it to your MCP client

This is a plain English summary of the project's own instructions. Commands and versions change, so always follow the current README at the source link

Safety notes

  • PolyForm Small Business license: free for individuals, non-profits and companies under 100 people and USD 1M revenue; bigger companies need a commercial license
  • Brand-new project (first released Oct 2026), so expect changes
  • Renders run locally on your machine

General rule: open a duplicate of your project before letting any agent make changes, and read what a script does before approving it

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