Pireel Studio is an open-source video editor built to be driven both by hand and by an AI agent. You start from a single clip, a set of media, or a blank timeline, then work on the canvas and timeline directly, describe the change you want in chat, or hand the project to an agent — the three paths share the same live project state, so an edit made one way is visible in the others.
The intended material is talking-head footage, interviews, podcasts, courses, vlogs, product demos, and commerce clips, in portrait or landscape. One long recording can become several shorts, or many sources can be combined into one or more variants. A single project can hold several finished outputs, each keeping its own timeline, canvas, captions, graphics, and audio, so you switch versions in the preview rather than duplicating the project. Exports run in the browser at up to 4K and 60fps.
Agents connect through a separate plugin, installed with npx skills add pireel/pireel-agent, which lets the agent create media, read the active project, and edit the timeline in place. The open-source edition covers local editing; built-in chat and connected services belong to the hosted version. The editor is a TypeScript project run with pnpm, and the agent plugin carries its own licence separate from the editor's.
Features
- Three ways to edit: direct canvas and timeline work, chat instructions, or an AI agent, in any combination on the same project
- Agent plugin: an installable plugin gives an agent access to media creation, project state, and timeline edits
- Multiple outputs per project: each cut keeps its own timeline, canvas, captions, graphics, and audio, switchable in the preview
- Source shapes: one long recording split into several shorts, or several sources combined into one or more variants
- Formats: portrait and landscape, exported in the browser at up to 4K and 60fps
- Reusable structure: editing Skills and visual Frames apply a repeatable treatment across projects
- Local-first open edition: the open-source build focuses on editing on your own machine, with media kept in your own space
