Client-side rendering

Client-side rendering is a Remotion capability that allows you to render videos, images, and audio directly in the browser, without requiring server-side infrastructure.

It is available through the @remotion/web-renderer package and is stable from <AvailableFrom v="4.0.491" inline />.

Key differences from server-side rendering

Unlike server-side rendering with @remotion/renderer, client-side rendering:

• Runs in the browser - No need to setup Node servers or Remotion Lambda
• Encodes with WebCodecs using Mediabunny instead of FFmpeg
• Limited to a subset of HTML elements - see limitations
• No bundling step - takes components and video config directly

Browser support

Client-side rendering requires the WebCodecs API, which limits browser support to:

APIs

The package provides APIs called renderStillOnWeb() and renderMediaOnWeb().

Here is an example of how to use it:

import {renderMediaOnWeb} from '@remotion/web-renderer';

const Component: React.FC = () => {
  return (
    <svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="100" height="100" style={{transform: 'rotate(45deg)'}}>
      <polygon points="50,10 90,90 10,90" fill="orange" />
    </svg>
  );
};

const {getBlob} = await renderMediaOnWeb({
  composition: {
    component: Component,
    durationInFrames: 100,
    fps: 30,
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    calculateMetadata: null,
    id: 'my-composition',
  },
  inputProps: {},
});

Remotion Studio

Client-side rendering is always enabled in the Remotion Studio from <AvailableFrom v="4.0.491" inline />. Use the "Render on web" button to render in the browser.

Telemetry

Client-side rendering always sends a telemetry event for every render, even if no license key is set.
See Telemetry for which information is sent and how to set a license key.

See also

• How it works
• Limitations
• Telemetry
• Server-side rendering