🎥 Make videos programmatically with React
Videos written as React components and rendered to file, without a timeline to edit by hand.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 62k
- Latest
- v4.0.533
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
alternatives to
After Effects
Adobe's layer-based application for motion graphics, visual effects and compositing. A closed product from Adobe.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remotion | Partial | 62k | Other | Source available | No | TypeScript | v4.0.533 | 2026-10-06 |
| Motion Canvas | Partial | 19k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | v3.17.2 | 2026-07-02 |
| Natron | Partial | 5.6k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | C++ | v2.5.0 | 2026-07-24 |
| Revideo | Partial | 4.1k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | v0.11.0 | 2026-07-15 |
Every alternative
4 alternatives
Visualize Your Ideas With Code
Animations written in TypeScript with a live-preview editor and rendered to video, without a layer timeline or effects to apply by hand.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 19k
- Latest
- v3.17.2
- Last push
- 2026-07-02
Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry.
Node-based compositing with rotoscoping, tracking and keyframe animation, not After Effects' layer-based motion graphics workflow.
Create Videos with Code
Scenes and animations described in TypeScript and rendered to video through a headless API, for generated motion graphics rather than hand-built compositions.
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 4.1k
- Latest
- v0.11.0
- Last push
- 2026-07-15
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About After Effects
- Vendor
- Adobe