Creating a new project

Prerequisites

To use Remotion, you need at least Node 16 or Bun 1.0.3.

Scaffolding a new project

note

🐧 Linux distros need at least version 2.35 of Libc.
They also need to install some additional packages.

npm

Use npm as the package manager
bash
npx create-video@latest

Use npm as the package manager
bash
npx create-video@latest

bun

Use pnpm as the package manager
bash
pnpm create video

Use pnpm as the package manager
bash
pnpm create video

pnpm

Use Yarn as the package manager
bash
yarn create video

Use Yarn as the package manager
bash
yarn create video

yarn

Use Bun as the package manager and runtime
bash
bun create video

Use Bun as the package manager and runtime
bash
bun create video

note

Bun as a runtime is mostly supported. Read more here.

Choose the template that is most suitable for you.
For your first project, we recommend the Hello World template.

Regular templates

After the project has been scaffolded, we recommend to open the project in your text editor and starting the Remotion Studio:

bash
npm start

bash
npm start

Next.js + Remix templates

After the project has been scaffolded, we recommend to open the project in your text editor and starting the app:

bash
npm run dev

bash
npm run dev

To start the Remotion Studio:

bash
npm run remotion

bash
npm run remotion

Installation in existing projects

Want to install Remotion in an existing project? Go here instead: Installation in existing projects