OpenMontage
OpenMontage is an agent system that turns an AI coding assistant into a video production studio for people who want to make videos from plain-language descriptions.
What it is good for
- Turning a written idea into a finished video
- Making short videos from free stock footage
- Producing a reference-style video from a YouTube clip
- Generating narration, music, and captions for a video
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Codex, Remotion
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked (last #52, week 41, 2026)
- Best rank
- #52 week 41, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 74,685
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is OpenMontage free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (AGPL-3.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use OpenMontage?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does OpenMontage work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Codex, and Remotion.
- What is OpenMontage good for?
- Turning a written idea into a finished video, making short videos from free stock footage, producing a reference-style video from a YouTube clip, and generating narration, music, and captions for a video.
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