Awesome Ai Video Editing

A curated list of AI-powered video editing & production tools for developers and creators, with a unique focus on the 2026 wave of agent-native tooling: Claude Code skills, MCP servers, and CLI-first pipelines that let a coding agent direct the whole production.

⭐ Star counts harvested live on 2026-06-12 (GitHub API). PRs welcome.

The 2026 meta-shift: new video tools no longer ship as apps, they ship as agent skills and MCP servers. The fastest-growing repos of the last 90 days (OpenMontage, ArcReel, html-video, Generative-Media-Skills, waoowaoo, Toonflow) are all agent-first. Premium differentiation moved from model quality to orchestration + cross-shot consistency.

Contents

• Agent-Native, Claude Code / MCP / CLI
• Agentic Video Production Platforms
• Video Generation Models & Inference
• ComfyUI Video Ecosystem
• Programmatic Video (Code IS the Video)
• Editors, AI-Augmented, Browser & Classic
• DaVinci Resolve Stack
• Avatars, Talking Heads & Face Tools
• Audio, Voice & Music for Video
• Enhance, Upscale & Finish
• Reference Pipeline: Claude Code as Director
• Contributing

Agent-Native: Claude Code / MCP / CLI

The category that didn't exist a year ago: video production exposed as agent skills.

• OpenMontage ⭐44.3k, First open agentic video production system: 12 pipelines, 52 tools, 500+ agent skills. Your coding agent becomes the director. AGPL.
• Generative-Media-Skills ⭐3.9k, Multi-modal media skills (image/video/audio) for Claude Code, Cursor & Gemini CLI.
• html-video ⭐4.2k, Programmatic video for coding agents: HTML/CSS + data → real MP4s, locally.
• FireRed-OpenStoryline ⭐3.2k, AI video editing agent, intention-driven directing via MCP + skills.
• ArcReel ⭐3.8k, Video workspace built on claude-agent-sdk: novel → characters → storyboard → video with cross-shot consistency.
• MiniMax-MCP ⭐1.5k, Official MCP server: TTS, image and video generation APIs.
• claude-code-video-toolkit ⭐1.9k, AI-native video production toolkit built specifically for Claude Code (ElevenLabs integration).
• davinci-resolve-mcp ⭐1.9k, Drive DaVinci Resolve Studio from your agent: timeline, cuts, color.
• short-video-maker ⭐1.3k, TikTok / Reels / Shorts generation via MCP + REST API.
• douyin-mcp-server ⭐1.2k · archived, Douyin video ingest (watermark-free links + transcripts) as Claude skill/MCP.
• muapi-cli ⭐1.0k, Terminal CLI + MCP server for 14 generative models (image/video/audio).
• vargHQ/sdk ⭐332, "JSX for videos": one TypeScript API for Kling, Flux, ElevenLabs, Veed. Built on Vercel AI SDK.
• yt-dlp-mcp ⭐264, Bridge video/audio content to LLMs via yt-dlp.
• comfyui-mcp ⭐466, Claude Code plugin + MCP for ComfyUI: 88 tools, 14 skills (Flux, WAN, LTX-Video, Qwen), live graph editing.
• ffmpeg-mcp ⭐140, Local video editing through conversation: FFmpeg as an MCP server.
• hve-spielberg ⭐129, 6-phase video production pipeline for Claude Code, design thinking → final render.
• mcptube ⭐145, Turn YouTube into a compounding knowledge base (transcripts + vision) for Claude/Codex/Gemini.
• claude-skills (video) ⭐111, 13 Claude Code skills: transcribe / translate / dub / multicam / subtitles / reframe.
• ComfyUI-Expert ⭐85 · archived, Session-scoped Claude Code agent for ComfyUI video production (12 skills).
• remotion-transitions ⭐66, Production-ready Remotion transition patterns with Claude Code skills.
• remotion-superpowers ⭐89, Claude Code plugin: a full video production studio for Remotion (AI voiceovers, music, stock, gen).
• SwiftClip ⭐40, Remotion templates + Claude Code workflow for storyboard-driven video.
• audiovisual-production-skills ⭐36, Claude Code skills for TouchDesigner & real-time graphics.
• spark-video ⭐31, Skill: premise → screenplay → storyboard → render → review → final mp4, with consistent characters.
• video-research-mcp ⭐22, 51 research/analysis/media tools for Claude Code, including video analysis.
• saas-product-demo-video ⭐40, Skill for shipping a 20–45s SaaS demo video in Remotion.

Agentic Video Production Platforms

• MoneyPrinterTurbo ⭐100.7k, One-click AI short videos; the reference classic.
• Pixelle-Video ⭐26.3k, Fully automated short-video engine (ComfyUI + TTS).
• waoowaoo ⭐13.4k, Industrial-grade AI film & video production platform, from shorts to features.
• Toonflow ⭐13.1k, Novel/script → animated short drama: AI screenwriting, storyboards, character + video gen.
• ViMax ⭐11.5k, Agentic video generation: director, screenwriter, producer and generator all-in-one.
• ShortGPT ⭐7.7k, Framework for automated shorts/TikTok channels.
• FunClip ⭐6.1k, Accurate speech recognition + LLM-based clipping by transcript.
• autoclip ⭐6.2k, AI highlight extraction & re-editing.
• AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator ⭐4.4k, Long-form YouTube → viral 9:16 shorts (open Opus Clip alternative).
• brainrot.js ⭐956, Text → video, brainrot style (Remotion).
• podcast-maker ⭐697, Newsletters → daily videos, fully automated.

Video Generation Models & Inference

• Wan2.2 ⭐16.9k, Leading open video diffusion (Alibaba).
• CogVideo ⭐12.9k, Text-to-video family.
• HunyuanVideo ⭐12.4k, Tencent's video generation.
• LTX-Video ⭐10.8k, Near-real-time video diffusion.
• Sana ⭐8.6k, NVIDIA linear diffusion transformer.
• Awesome-Video-Diffusion ⭐5.7k, The research radar for video diffusion.
• vllm-omni ⭐5.8k, Omni-modality model serving (video/audio/image from one stack).
• lingbot-world ⭐4.3k, Open world models (image-to-video).
• VACE ⭐3.9k, All-in-one video creation and editing (reference for video inpainting).
• FastVideo ⭐3.9k, Unified inference + post-training framework for accelerated video gen.
• LightX2V ⭐2.5k, Lightweight X2V inference framework.
• LongLive 2.0 ⭐2.5k, NVIDIA long-video generation infra, real-time.
• Helios ⭐2.0k, Real-time long video generation.

ComfyUI Video Ecosystem

• ComfyUI-WanVideoWrapper ⭐6.6k, THE Wan node pack (kijai).
• ComfyUI-FLOAT ⭐268, Audio-driven talking portraits.
• ComfyUI-WanAnimatePlus ⭐390, Seamless video connection + multi-reference Wan Animate.
• comfyUI-LongLook ⭐165, FreeLong spectral blending for Wan 2.2 long videos.
• ComfyUI-Wan-VACE-Video-Joiner ⭐98, Smooth transitions between clips from any model.
• ComfyUI-Wan-VACE-Prep ⭐99, Common edit tasks with gen models made easy.
• ComfyUI-Bernini ⭐135, Wan 2.2 Bernini generation + editing.
• muapi-comfyui ⭐66, Cloud API models inside ComfyUI.

Programmatic Video (Code IS the Video)

• manim ⭐89.0k, Math/explainer videos from Python.
• Remotion, React → video; study github-unwrapped ⭐1.3k as a production-grade reference codebase.
• moviepy ⭐14.8k, Python video editing.
• motion-canvas, TypeScript → animated video.
• vidgear ⭐3.7k, High-performance Python video pipeline.
• pyJianYingDraft ⭐4.1k, Generate CapCut/JianYing draft files from Python → fully automated edit pipelines that open in the CapCut UI.
• astrofox ⭐1.9k, Audio → visualizer video.
• movis ⭐483, Layer-based video rendering in Python.
• moviego ⭐294, Go toolkit for scripted media composition.

Editors: AI-Augmented, Browser & Classic

• LosslessCut ⭐42.5k, Lossless trim/cut, instant.
• Shotcut ⭐14.7k, Cross-platform FOSS NLE.
• Olive ⭐9.1k, GPU-accelerated NLE.
• auto-editor ⭐4.6k, Cuts silence automatically.
• Kimu ⭐2.2k, "Your creative copilot", open React video editor.
• Clypra ⭐3.0k, Tauri + React editor rebuilding premium CapCut features for free.
• react-video-editor ⭐1.8k, Remotion-based CapCut/Canva clone.
• FreeCut ⭐1.9k, Professional-grade editing entirely in the browser (mediabunny).
• openvid ⭐1.7k, Professional demos & mockups in seconds, in-browser.
• beutl ⭐1.2k, Cross-platform compositing (C#).
• twick ⭐522, AI video editor SDK: canvas timeline, drag-and-drop, AI captions.
• MasterSelects ⭐436, Real-time browser compositor incl. Gaussian splatting.

DaVinci Resolve Stack

• auto-subs ⭐3.9k, On-device subtitle generation wired into Resolve, Premiere & After Effects.
• davinci-resolve-mcp ⭐1.9k, Resolve Studio as an MCP server (also listed in Agent-Native, it's that important).
• StoryToolkitAI ⭐999, Transcribe + semantically search your footage, Resolve-integrated.
• CorridorKey-Runtime ⭐722, Native AI keying runtime + OFX plugin (built with Corridor Digital), Apple-Silicon native.
• awesome-davinci-resolve ⭐238, Community plugin radar.
• pydavinci ⭐178, Script Resolve from Python.

Avatars, Talking Heads & Face Tools

• Deep-Live-Cam ⭐95.4k, Single-image face swap, live.
• facefusion ⭐29.5k, Industry-leading face manipulation platform.
• LivePortrait ⭐18.8k, Bring portraits to life.
• LiveTalking ⭐8.6k, Real-time interactive streaming digital human.
• video-retalking ⭐7.3k, Audio-based lip-sync on existing footage.
• echomimic_v2 ⭐4.6k, Audio-driven semi-body human animation (CVPR 2025).
• PersonaLive ⭐3.4k, Expressive portrait animation for live streaming (CVPR 2026).
• fantasy-talking ⭐1.6k, Realistic talking portraits via coherent motion synthesis.
• TalkingHead ⭐1.4k, Real-time 3D avatar lip-sync for the web.
• VisoMaster-Fusion ⭐859, Face swap + editing suite, actively developed.

Audio, Voice & Music for Video

• voice-pro ⭐11.5k, Transcribe / translate / TTS suite.
• Amphion ⭐10.0k, Audio, music & speech generation toolkit.
• OmniVoice-Studio ⭐9.3k, Open-source ElevenLabs alternative: local voice cloning, dubbing, dictation.
• ace-step-ui ⭐4.6k, Open Suno alternative: pro UI for ACE-Step 1.5 music generation, local & unlimited.
• WhisperLive ⭐4.2k, Live transcription.
• ffsubsync ⭐7.8k, Auto-sync subtitles to audio.

Enhance, Upscale & Finish

• Anime4K ⭐21.2k, Real-time upscale shaders.
• video2x ⭐20.7k, ML super-resolution + frame interpolation.
• Waifu2x-Extension-GUI ⭐16.8k, Video/image upscale + interpolation GUI.
• gyroflow ⭐9.2k, Gyro-based video stabilization (Rust).
• backgroundremover ⭐8.0k, Remove background from video with one CLI command.
• FILM ⭐3.1k · archived, Frame interpolation for large motion (Google).
• FrameShift ⭐81, Offline media processing: FFmpeg + local AI + right-click workflows.

Reference Pipeline: Claude Code as Director

A fully agent-driven premium production on a single workstation, no UI clicking until final review:

1. STORY      Claude Code writes script, hooks, shotlist        → spark-video / hve-spielberg
2. ASSETS     Frontier APIs (Veo 3 / Kling 2 / Seedance 2)      → muapi-cli / vargHQ sdk / MiniMax-MCP
              Local gen (Wan2.2 + VACE)                         → comfyui-mcp (88 tools)
              Avatars                                           → LivePortrait / PersonaLive / facefusion
3. MOTION     Intros, captions, data-viz                        → Remotion + remotion-superpowers
              Quick HTML→MP4 slices                             → html-video
4. VOICE      Local cloning                                     → OmniVoice-Studio
5. MUSIC      Local generation                                  → ace-step-ui
6. ASSEMBLY   Conversational cutting                            → ffmpeg-mcp + auto-editor + FunClip
              (or generate CapCut drafts)                       → pyJianYingDraft
7. FINISH     Color, AI keying, captions                        → davinci-resolve-mcp + CorridorKey + auto-subs
8. ENHANCE    Upscale + stabilize                               → video2x + gyroflow
9. DERIVE     9:16 shorts from the master                       → AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator / short-video-maker

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please open a PR:

• One tool per line: [name](github-url) ⭐stars, what it does, concretely.
• Tool must be open source (or have a meaningful free tier + open client) and actively maintained.
• Agent-native tools (skills/MCP/CLI) get priority, that's this list's edge.
• Keep star counts honest; note the harvest date when updating in bulk.

License

CC0

To the extent possible under law, the authors have waived all copyright and related rights to this work (CC0 1.0).