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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 |
synfig
This is the Official source code repository of Synfig Studio animation software |
2.3K | 429 | 08/29/26 | GPL-3.0 |
| 82 |
ArcReel
Self-hosted AI video workspace for stories, storyboards and short-form video production |
4.3K | 852 | 08/29/26 | AGPL-3.0 |
| 83 |
sentrysearch
Semantic search over videos using Gemini Embedding 2 or Qwen3-VL. |
4.4K | 425 | 08/22/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 84 |
magic-animate
[CVPR 2024] Official repository for "MagicAnimate: Temporally Consistent Human Image Animation using Diffusion Model" |
10.9K | 1.1K | 08/29/25 | BSD-3-Clause |
| 85 |
AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator
Open-source alternative to Opus Clip, Vidyo.ai, Klap & SubMagic. Turn long-form YouTube videos into viral 9:16 shorts using LLM highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and auto vertical cropping — free, no watermarks, no per-clip credits. |
4.8K | 874 | 07/29/26 | Other |
| 86 |
ComfyUI-LTXVideo
LTX-Video Support for ComfyUI |
4.1K | 491 | 08/20/26 | Other |
| 87 |
auto-subs
On-device subtitle generation that connects directly to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, and After Effects. |
4.1K | 266 | 08/02/26 | MIT |
| 88 |
snk
🟩⬜ Generates a snake game from a github user contributions graph and output a screen capture as animated svg or gif |
6.1K | 2.3K | 04/29/26 | Other |
| 89 |
avatarify-python
Avatars for Zoom, Skype and other video-conferencing apps. |
16.5K | 4.3K | 08/30/24 | Other |
| 90 |
TurboDiffusion
TurboDiffusion: 100–200× Acceleration for Video Diffusion Models |
3.6K | 277 | 08/27/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 91 |
LightX2V
Lightweight Image Video Action Generation Inference Framework |
2.7K | 260 | 08/28/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 92 |
PersonaLive
[CVPR 2026] PersonaLive! : Expressive Portrait Image Animation for Live Streaming |
3.6K | 505 | 08/28/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 93 |
first-order-model
This repository contains the source code for the paper First Order Motion Model for Image Animation |
15.0K | 3.3K | 11/14/24 | MIT |
| 94 |
printfilm
短剧平台 AI Short Film Motion Comic Generation Platform Industrial AI Motion Comic & Video Workbench |
3.9K | 552 | 08/11/26 | Other |
| 95 |
mmaction2
OpenMMLab's Next Generation Video Understanding Toolbox and Benchmark |
5.1K | 1.4K | 03/18/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 96 |
html-video
Programmatic video for coding agents — HTML to video on your laptop. Turn HTML, CSS & data into real MP4s with pluggable render engines, 21 templates, AI soundtrack. Apache-2.0, no per-render fees. An official project by the Open Design team. |
4.5K | 559 | 06/21/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 97 |
ccapture.js
A library to capture canvas-based animations at a fixed framerate |
3.8K | 405 | 07/27/26 | MIT |
| 98 |
ComfyUI-AnimateDiff-Evolved
Improved AnimateDiff for ComfyUI and Advanced Sampling Support |
3.5K | 282 | 07/28/26 | Apache-2.0 |
| 99 |
Clypra
A modern video editor built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript. Focus on building free capabilities of premium capcut functionalities |
3.2K | 311 | 08/28/26 | MIT |
| 100 |
vapoursynth
A video processing framework with simplicity in mind |
2.1K | 181 | 08/28/26 | LGPL-2.1 |