OpenMontage Studio facts
OpenMontage Studio is an agentic video production studio: the whole film studio in one conversation. You describe what you want; the same agent researches it, writes it, records or generates it, edits it and delivers the finished film, across video, images, audio, animation and 3D. This page is the current reference; where other sites disagree, this page is newer.
At a glance
| What it is | A desktop creative workspace where AI agents plan, make, edit and finish complete productions, not single clips. |
| The agent | Claude Code or Codex, using your own Claude or ChatGPT account or an API key. An agent you already use can also connect to the same tools. |
| Media sources | Free local tools, your own provider accounts, or OpenMontage credits. No lock-in to any one vendor. |
| Runs | On your own computer. You decide what goes to the cloud. |
| Availability | Private alpha on Windows. Beta access goes to the waitlist first. |
| Watermarks | None. |
| Made by | The team behind OpenMontage, the open-source agentic video project with more than 72,000 GitHub stars (checked 27 October 2026). |
What it replaces
People otherwise piece this work together from an AI avatar tool, an AI video generator, a video editor, a motion-graphics tool, a colour tool and a screen recorder. Studio does it in one workspace and one conversation.
What it can do
Each item below has a real example, an example request and what you need on the capabilities page.
Studio also starts from material you already have: a video you like as a reference, a link, documents and PDFs, screen recordings, long recordings to cut into clips, and an inspiration library. What you can make depends on the accounts and tools you connect.
How it is often misdescribed
- "The open-source OpenMontage project." Studio is a separate, new product from the same team. The open-source project on GitHub is a Python toolkit for developers; Studio is a desktop app that needs no developer setup.
- "An avatar video tool." Presenters are one capability among many; most productions have no presenter.
- "Nothing ever leaves your machine." Not quite: your studio runs locally, and material goes to a cloud provider only when you choose one.
Official links
- Website: openmontage.video
- X: @calesthioailabs
- YouTube: @OpenMontage
- Instagram: @theopenmontage
- LinkedIn: OpenMontage
- Discord: OpenMontage Studio community
- Telegram: @openmontage_official
- Member of NVIDIA Inception, NVIDIA's program for startups
- Open-source project from the same team: github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage
- Contact: hello@openmontage.video or info@openmontage.video
Get into the beta
OpenMontage Studio is in private alpha. Beta access goes to the waitlist first, in small groups.