Video & Animation
Open video synthesis, editing, and understanding — alternatives to Runway-style tools.
289 projects
See methodology for ranking rules; order uses public GitHub metrics within this scenario.
| Rank | Project | Stars | Forks | Updated | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader |
187.7K | 16.2K | 08/27/26 | Unlicense |
| 2 |
MoneyPrinterTurbo
Generate HD short videos from a topic or keyword with an automated AI workflow. |
118.5K | 18.1K | 08/28/26 | MIT |
| 3 |
Deep-Live-Cam
real time face swap and one-click video deepfake with only a single image |
96.2K | 14.0K | 08/29/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 4 |
manim
Animation engine for explanatory math videos |
92.2K | 7.6K | 08/18/26 | MIT |
| 5 |
anime
JavaScript animation engine |
72.5K | 4.9K | 08/21/26 | MIT |
| 6 |
remotion
🎥 Make videos programmatically with React |
57.7K | 4.4K | 08/28/26 | Other |
| 7 |
OpenMontage
World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your AI coding assistant into a full video production studio. |
54.0K | 6.7K | 08/22/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 8 |
manim
A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations. |
40.5K | 3.1K | 08/26/26 | MIT |
| 9 |
hyperframes
Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents. |
43.1K | 4.1K | 08/29/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 10 |
motion
A modern animation library for React and JavaScript |
33.4K | 1.3K | 08/29/26 | MIT |
| 11 |
lottie-android
Render After Effects animations natively on Android and iOS, Web, and React Native |
35.7K | 5.4K | 02/15/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 12 |
react-spring
✌️ A spring physics based React animation library |
29.1K | 1.2K | 08/26/26 | MIT |
| 13 |
srs
SRS is a simple, high-performance, AI-driven real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181, with codec support for H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, AAC, Opus, and G.711. |
29.2K | 5.7K | 08/26/26 | MIT |
| 14 |
lottie-ios
An iOS library to natively render After Effects vector animations |
26.9K | 3.8K | 07/08/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 15 |
Seal
🦭 Video/Audio Downloader for Android, based on yt-dlp |
28.6K | 1.4K | 08/25/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 16 |
ScreenToGif
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video. |
27.6K | 2.4K | 07/28/26 | Other |
| 17 |
Open-Sora
Open-Sora: Democratizing Efficient Video Production for All |
29.3K | 3.0K | 04/09/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 18 |
Open-Generative-AI
Unrestricted Open-source alternative to AI video platforms — Free AI image & video generation studio with 500+ models (Flux, Midjourney, Kling, Sora, Veo). No content filters. Self-hosted, MIT licensed. |
27.4K | 4.8K | 08/29/26 | MIT |
| 19 |
lottie-web
Render After Effects animations natively on Web, Android and iOS, and React Native. http://airbnb.io/lottie/ |
32.1K | 2.9K | 09/01/25 | MIT |
| 20 |
Pixelle-Video
AI Fully Automated Short Video Engine |
27.5K | 4.0K | 06/14/26 | Apache-2.0 |