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ArcReel

Turn scripts into short-form video

WHO USES ITPeople regularly producing story adaptations, narration videos or product clips, and teams that want a draft in hand before commissioning one.

Self-host

A self-hosted workbench that turns a novel or script into characters, scenes, storyboards and finished short videos.

★ 4.7k▲ +37 / 7dDaily star increases over 14 days. Hollow bars mean no data. The last day may be partial.2026-09-05 no data2026-09-06 no data2026-09-07 no data2026-09-08 no data2026-09-09 no data2026-09-10 no data2026-09-11 no data2026-09-12 no data2026-09-13 no data2026-09-14 no data2026-09-15 no data2026-09-16 no data2026-09-17 +292026-09-18 +8largest one-day increase in the 14 days+29last 14 days · stars per dayhollow = no data

4,697 stars · checked on GitHub GitHub check 37 h late · incl. +25 observed via GH Archive since then · 7-day +37 observed via GH Archive (as of )

The ArcReel workspace showing characters and scene assets extracted from a script alongside the storyboard list.
The ArcReel workspace showing characters and scene assets extracted from a script alongside the storyboard list.

TESIGN TAKE

The generation itself happens in outside AI models; ArcReel manages the process around them. Its real value is keeping one character consistent across shots while the cost stays visible.

SELF-HOST

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE
AGPL-3.0
USAGE
Release source if you redistribute or host it as a service.
LANGUAGE
Python
PLATFORM
web
ACTIVITY
last commit 1 day ago () · latest release [unconfirmed]
COMMUNITY
contributors [unconfirmed] · open issues [unconfirmed] · made by: [unconfirmed] Reference time unavailable
SOURCES
GitHub
OPEN SOURCE
YES
FIRST SEEN
CATEGORY
MEDIA · AI

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

A single short video involves character design, shot breakdown, asset generation and editing. ArcReel joins those into one pipeline you can pause and resume. Reference images are reused across shots so faces stay consistent, and any single asset can be regenerated or rolled back.

BUILD FROM THIS

  • Python, AGPL-3.0. Content analysis, asset management, storyboarding, media generation, cost tracking and export are organised as one auditable pipeline, with the models configured by you and spend tracked per item.

WHO IT'S FOR

People regularly producing story adaptations, narration videos or product clips, and teams that want a draft in hand before commissioning one.

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Read the quick-start section in the docs at arc-reel.com, confirm it is a self-hosted setup, then prepare a server.

CAVEATS

  • Self-hosted, and the AI models it calls are billed separately. Docs and community are mostly in Chinese. Under AGPL-3.0, offering a modified version as a service means publishing your source too.

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN
AT SOURCE
KEPT
STAR DELTA
+14 ★ / 24h
CREATED → FIRST SEEN
221d
WHEN FIRST SEEN
4,672 ★
SOURCES
GitHub

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SIMILAR TOOLS

Up to five from MEDIA by ★ total: edited entries first, then repository cards; this entry is highlighted. Drawn from the same stored snapshot as the rankings — a comparison, not a recommendation.

IMAGENAME★ TOTAL▲ 7dLICENSEPLATFORMLAST PUSH
OpenMontage's Backlot board: a stage progress bar, an approved script page, a decision log and a four-scene storyboard.
OpenMontageVideo production via your coding agent★ 59.8k▲ +353AGPL-3.0copyleftmacos · linux · windows
The ArcReel workspace showing characters and scene assets extracted from a script alongside the storyboard list.
ArcReelTurn scripts into short-form videoTHIS ENTRY★ 4.7k▲ +37AGPL-3.0copyleftweb
ffmpeg/ffmpegCARD★ 64.2k▲ +4Licence unconfirmedunconfirmed—
mifi/lossless-cutCARD★ 43.7k▲ +8GPL-2.0copyleft—
lizardbyte/sunshineCARD★ 41.2k▲ +8GPL-3.0copyleft—

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