# ArcReel

> Turn scripts into short-form video — A self-hosted workbench that turns a novel or script into characters, scenes, storyboards and finished short videos.

- Page: https://tesign.com/en/item/arcreel/
- JSON: https://tesign.com/en/item/arcreel/index.json
- Korean Markdown: https://tesign.com/item/arcreel/index.md
- Generated: 2026-09-18 21:08 UTC

## Numbers

- 4,697 stars — checked on GitHub 2026-09-17 07:47 UTC (+25 observed since the check)
- 7-day +37 observed via GH Archive (as of 2026-09-18 15:00 UTC)
- 24h +14 ★ · 30d +39 ★ (as of 2026-09-18 15:00 UTC)
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.

## AT A GLANCE

- LICENSE: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) — https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0.html
- USAGE: Release source if you redistribute or host it as a service.
- OPEN SOURCE: YES
- LANGUAGE: Python
- PLATFORM: web
- CATEGORY: MEDIA · AI
- Tags: 영상 제작 · 숏폼 · 자체 설치 · ai
- How to start: Self-host
- SOURCES: GitHub https://github.com/arcreel/arcreel
- SELF-HOST: https://arc-reel.com/

## ACTIVITY

- Last commit: 2026-09-17 07:46 UTC
- Latest release: [unconfirmed]
- Contributors: [unconfirmed]
- Open issues (incl. PRs): [unconfirmed]
- Made by: [unconfirmed]
- Checked on GitHub: 2026-09-17 07:47 UTC

## 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.

## 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 BY TESIGN: 2026-09-17 06:48 UTC
- AT SOURCE: 2026-02-07 08:17 UTC
- KEPT: 2026-09-18 21:07 UTC
- Published on TESIGN: 2026-09-18 21:07 UTC
- Text last updated: 2026-09-18 21:07 UTC

## How to read this

- This file was produced by the same build, from the same data, as the tesign.com item page. The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.
- null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.
- Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.
- A summary, not legal advice.

[Image] https://tesign.com/img/arcreel-9e7667e433.png