Generate complete short-form videos from a topic or custom script using AI.
AutoShorts transforms a simple idea into a ready-to-publish short-form video. Enter a topic or paste your script — the platform handles the rest.
Automatically generates:
- Script — AI-written narration tailored to your topic
- Voiceover — Local text-to-speech narration
- Captions — Burned-in subtitles for Shorts
- Scene Plan — Structured visual breakdown per beat
- Visual Assets — Stock footage and images from Pexels & Pixabay
- Final Video — Vertical 1080×1920 MP4, ready to download
- Metadata — Title and YouTube-ready description with hashtags
AutoShorts is actively being used to generate and publish short-form educational content.
All videos published on the channel below are generated using this project:
YouTube Channel: ThinkAssests
Visitors can explore the channel to see real examples of AutoShorts-generated content in production.
Content topics include:
- Business
- Finance
- AI
- Technology
- History
- Science
- Educational Stories
- Curiosity-Based Facts
Within the first 48 hours of testing:
- 16+ Shorts published
- 15,000+ total views generated
- Multiple categories tested
- Real-world validation of the AutoShorts pipeline
These results were achieved during early-stage testing and continue to evolve as the platform improves.
Interested in seeing AutoShorts in action?
Visit the YouTube channel and explore videos generated by the platform:
https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkAssests
| Topic Mode | Enter a Shorts idea — AI writes the script and runs the full pipeline |
| Custom Script Mode | Bring your own narration — skip script generation, keep everything else |
| AI Script Generation | Local LLM (Ollama) crafts concise, Shorts-optimized scripts |
| Voice Generation | Piper TTS produces natural narration audio |
| Automatic Captions | Script-timed or Whisper-based subtitles, burned into the final video |
| Scene Planning Agent | Breaks narration into timed scenes with visual descriptions |
| Visual Search Agent | Finds and assembles stock clips and images per scene |
| Video Rendering | FFmpeg builds a polished vertical Short with captions |
| Modern Frontend | React + Vite studio UI with landing page, progress tracking, and results |
| FastAPI Backend | REST API for generation, progress polling, and artifact delivery |
| Local AI Processing | Ollama, Piper, and Whisper run on your machine — no cloud AI required |
Topic / Custom Script
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Script Generation
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Voice Generation
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Caption Generation
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Scene Planning
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Visual Search
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Video Rendering
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Final MP4 Output
Two ways in, one path out. Topic mode generates the script first; custom script mode starts at voice. Both produce the same publish-ready MP4 and metadata.
Frontend
- React
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
- Framer Motion
Backend
- FastAPI
- Python
AI
- Ollama
- Local LLMs (Llama 3)
Media Processing
- FFmpeg
- MoviePy
Assets
- Pexels API
- Pixabay API
AutoShorts/
├── frontend/ # React web app (landing, create, processing, result)
├── backend/ # FastAPI server, job manager, pipeline runner
├── agents/ # Scene, visual timeline, and asset agents
├── public/ # Demo video and README screenshots
├── videos/ # Rendered output MP4s
├── jobs/ # Per-run API artifacts
├── scripts/ # Generated script, title, and description
├── assets/ # Timeline clips and search cache
├── main.py # CLI pipeline entry point
└── Readme.md
- Python 3.13
- Node.js 18+
- FFmpeg and ffprobe on PATH
- Ollama with Llama 3 (
ollama pull llama3) - Piper TTS + voice model under
models/piper/
git clone https://github.com/your-username/AutoShorts.git
cd AutoShortspip install -r requirements.txtcd frontend
npm install
cd ..Create a .env file in the project root:
PEXELS_API_KEY=your_pexels_key
PIXABAY_API_KEY=your_pixabay_keyOptional — frontend API URL (frontend/.env):
VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000From the project root:
python -m uvicorn backend.api:app --reloadAPI runs at http://127.0.0.1:8000 · Docs at http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs
In a second terminal:
cd frontend
npm run devOpen http://localhost:5173 → Get Started → create your first Short.
Run the full pipeline from the terminal without the UI:
python main.py "What is compound interest?"| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
PEXELS_API_KEY |
Yes | Pexels API key for stock videos and images |
PIXABAY_API_KEY |
Yes | Pixabay API key for image fallback |
VITE_API_BASE_URL |
No | Frontend API base URL (default http://127.0.0.1:8000) |
Never commit real API keys. Use .env locally and keep it out of version control.
- YouTube Upload Agent — One-click publish with metadata
- Multi-language Support — Scripts, voice, and captions in more languages
- AI Thumbnail Selection — Smart cover frame picking from the timeline
- Asset Caching — Faster re-runs for repeated topics
- Faster Rendering — Parallel FFmpeg passes and preset tuning
- Cloud Deployment — Hosted API and optional GPU workers
Contributions are welcome.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/my-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m "Add my feature") - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/my-feature) - Open a Pull Request
Please keep changes focused and match existing code style.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 AutoShorts
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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AutoShorts — From idea to Short in minutes.