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Paste into a coding agent, such as Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode:
Ensure Node.js is installed.
Install Remotion Skills:npx -y skills@latest add remotion-dev/skills -g -y
Then use them to create a video.
npx create-video@latest --yes --blank my-video
cd my-video
npm i
npx remotion skills add
npm run dev
Creates a video in the my-video directory, with TailwindCSS, blank template and Agent Skills.
Planning to prompt a video using a coding agent?
Click here for more detailed beginner instructions.
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
Customize the creation of a Remotion project by selecting a specific template, enable or disable Tailwind and Agent Skills.
<Tabs defaultValue="npm" values={[ { label: 'npm', value: 'npm', }, { label: 'bun', value: 'bun', }, { label: 'pnpm', value: 'pnpm', }, { label: 'yarn', value: 'yarn', }, ] }> <TabItem value="npm">
npx create-video@latest
pnpm create video
yarn create video
bun create video
:::note Bun as a runtime is mostly supported. Read more here. :::
</TabItem> </Tabs>Choose the template that is most suitable for you.
For your first project, we recommend the Hello World template.
<Tabs defaultValue="npm" values={[ { label: 'Regular templates', value: 'npm', }, { label: 'Next.js + React Router 7', value: 'pnpm', }, ] }> <TabItem value="npm">
After the project has been scaffolded, we recommend to open the project in your text editor and starting the Remotion Studio:
npm run dev
After the project has been scaffolded, we recommend to open the project in your text editor and starting the app:
npm run dev
To start the Remotion Studio:
npm run remotion
To use Remotion, you need at least Node <MinNodeVersion /> or Bun <MinBunVersion />.
š macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later is required. Older versions are not supported.
š§ Linux distros need at least version 2.35 of Libc.
They also need to install some additional packages.
Alpine Linux and nixOS are unsupported.
Want to install Remotion in an existing project? Go here instead: Installation in existing projects