LibreAI / Clipping / Toonflow App
// clipping · HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app

Toonflow App

Toonflow 是开源 AI 创作平台,融合无限画布、AI Agent 与可视化工作流,支持图像生成、视频生成、智能分镜及短剧创作。支持本地部署、自由接入模型,提供跨平台桌面端,并可通过 MCP 与插件扩展创作能力。Open-source AI creative…

★ 16.4k stars⑂ 2.9k forksMITupdated 2026-10
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// project facts

Project facts

Toonflow App is an open-source clipping project by HBAI-Ltd (HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app on GitHub). It has 16,400 GitHub stars and 2,919 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 1 October 2026.

GitHub stars
16,400
Forks
2,919
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
1 October 2026
Category
Clipping
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Full install guide
Official site
Official site
// how it works

How it works

  1. Drop in your long video

    Upload a recording, podcast, or stream VOD — or point the tool at a URL where supported.

  2. Let AI find the moments

    The tool transcribes the audio, scores segments for energy and topic shifts, and proposes the clips worth keeping.

  3. Reframe and caption

    Clips are auto-cropped to vertical, with animated captions and the speaker kept in frame.

  4. Review and export

    Approve the picks, tweak captions or cuts, and export ready-to-post files.

// features

Why people love it

Auto highlight detection

Transcription plus scoring finds the segments most likely to perform as shorts.

Vertical reframing

Speaker tracking keeps faces centered when cropping landscape to 9:16.

Animated captions

Word-by-word captions in the style viewers expect from top short-form creators.

Faceless video modes

Some tools generate full videos from a script — stock visuals, voiceover, and captions included.

Batch pipelines

Process whole back-catalogs into clip libraries instead of one video at a time.

Platform-ready exports

Sized and formatted for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok out of the box.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app.git
    cd Toonflow-app
  2. Step 2 — Install dependencies

    Use the package manager the project specifies (check for pnpm or yarn lockfiles).

    npm install
  3. Step 3 — Start it

    Launch the dev server or build, per the README.

    npm run dev
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

How good is the AI at picking clips?

It is a strong first pass — transcription-based scoring finds energetic, self-contained moments. You still review before posting.

Do I need a GPU?

Varies by tool; transcription and reframing can be heavy, so check each project's requirements.

Who maintains Toonflow App?

It is an open-source project at HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app with 2,919 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Can it add captions automatically?

Yes — word-level captions are standard, usually with style templates.

What about faceless videos?

Dedicated generators assemble stock footage, AI voiceover, and captions from a script or topic.

Is the output watermarked?

Self-hosted open-source tools export clean files — no watermarks.

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