OpenCreator

Project Overview

OpenCreator (formerly KrillinAI) is a local-first AI workspace for creators, powered by the Codex CLI. It enables individuals and teams to complete the full creative workflow — from script to video, images, voice, translation, and editing — all within a local environment. The product brings together two connected workflows: AI content creation and a general agent workspace.

Key Features

• Multimodal Creation: Supports video translation, video downloading, thumbnail generation, image generation, and more
• Agent Workspace: Organize conversations by project, keep Runs working in the background, and manage approvals, attachments, files, Skills, MCP, schedules, notifications, memory, and diagnostics
• Dual-Mode Workflow: The visual workspace and agent conversation work together with a shared state machine that keeps steps, progress, and results synchronized
• Versioning: Every revision creates a new version while preserving earlier settings and outputs for review and comparison
• Local Security: Data, attachments, and logs stay local by default, with approvals and redacted diagnostics
• Skills and MCP: Browse, install, and invoke Skills while managing MCP through Codex-native configuration
• Memory: Keep global, project, and thread memory with summaries and reproducible Run input snapshots
• Cross-Platform: Available as both a Web app and a Desktop (Electron) application

Target Audience

• Video creators, content producers, and developers who need local AI creation tools
• Individuals and teams who want to integrate multi-step creative workflows through an agent workspace
• Users who value data privacy and local deployment

Quick Start

1. Ensure Node.js 22+, pnpm, and a working Codex CLI are installed
2. Clone the repository and install dependencies:

   git clone https://github.com/krillinai/OpenCreator.git
   cd OpenCreator
   corepack enable
   pnpm install

3. Start the Web development server: pnpm web:dev
4. Open http://127.0.0.1:19861/ to get started
5. On first launch, the Runtime prepares a default project automatically
6. For desktop development, use pnpm desktop:dev

Core Advantages

• Codex Native: Reuses the Codex Agent loop, models, reasoning, tool calls, and conversations without maintaining a second execution engine
• Ready-to-Use Desktop App: The desktop version includes Codex CLI; the local Runtime starts on demand and prepares a default project automatically
• Complete Creator Toolchain: Already includes four creator tools (video translation, downloader, thumbnail generator, image generation), with more being added continuously
• Open-Source and Free: Licensed under GPL-3.0, community-driven development

System Requirements

• OS: Cross-platform (Web version works on all platforms; Desktop supports Windows, macOS, Linux)
• Additional Dependencies: Node.js 22+, pnpm, Codex CLI